Plutarch's Rhythmic Prose

ISBN-13: 9780198821717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 352 str.

G. O. Hutchinson

Opis

In the earlier Roman Empire much Greek prose followed one organized rhythmic system, a bit like poetry. This volume focuses on Plutarch's Lives and offers the first detailed study of prose-rhythm in later Greek literature; it demonstrates its importance as a dynamic means of expression and its untapped potential as a tool for literary analysis.

Recenzje

Hutchinson has also scanned and thought carefully about so many other works of Greek prose that the results of the present study have statistical significance for more Greek prose than Plutarch's. ... Of great value and interest is the accompanying website, where one can hear Hutchinson recite the passages he discusses. Summing up: Recommended

O autorze

Professor G. O. Hutchinson studied at Balliol College, Oxford, as an undergraduate, then took up a position at Christ Church as a Research Lecturer. In 1984 he became Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Exeter College, Oxford, and in 1998 Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, before being appointed to the Regius Chair of Greek in 2015 and returning to Christ Church.