The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780674055896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 834 str.

Jose Gonzalez

Opis

Studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. This title argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. It shows that rhapsodic practice is best understood as an evolving combination of revelation, interpretation, recitation, and dramatic delivery.