CiNii Books - A companion to Greek lyric

Discover the power of Greek lyric with essays from some of the foremost scholars in the field today Recent decades have seen a strong resurgence of interest in Greek lyric, resulting in this topic becoming one of the most dynamic areas of Classical scholarship. In A Companion to Greek Lyric, renowned Classical scholar Laura Swift delivers a collection of essays by international experts and emerging voices that offers up-to-date approaches on the methodology, contexts, and reception of Greek lyric from the archaic to the Hellenistic period. This edited volume includes detailed analyses of the poets themselves, as well as a reflection of the current state of play in the study of Greek lyric. It showcases the scope and range of approaches to be found in scholarly work in the field. Newcomers to the subject will benefit from the range of contextual and technical information included that allows for a more effective engagement with the lyric poets. Readers will also enjoy: Guidance on working with texts that are mainly preserved as fragments A selection of ways in which lyric poetry has influenced and inspired writers from Rome to the modern era Recommendations for further reading that offer a starting point for how to follow up on a particular topic Perfect for undergraduate and master's students taking courses on Greek lyric or survey courses on classical literature, A Companion to Greek Lyric also belongs in the libraries of students of English or Comparative Literature seeking an authoritative resource for Greek lyric.

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Abbreviations and Standard Editions x Preface xviii Section 1 Contexts 1 1 The Lyric Chorus 3 Lucia Athanassaki 2 Religion and Ritual in Early Greek Lyric 19 William Furley 3 Epic and Lyric 34 Adrian Kelly 4 Commemorating the Athlete 47 Nigel Nicholson 5 Aristocracy, Aristocratic Culture, and the Symposium 62 Marek Wecowski 6 Politics 76 Jonathan M. Hall Section 2 Methodologies and Techniques 89 7 Papyrology 91 C. Michael Sampson 8 Citation and Transmission 119 Tom Phillips 9 Meter and Music 132 Armand D'Angour 10 The Lyric Dialects 142 Mark de Kreij 11 Deixis and World Building 162 Evert van Emde Boas 12 Lyric Space: Sappho and Aphrodite's Sanctuary 176 Annette Giesecke 13 Sappho, Performance, and Acting Fragments 192 Jane Montgomery Griffiths Section 3 Authors and Forms 205 14 Iambos 207 Klaus Lennartz 15 Elegy 221 Krystyna Bartol 16 Stesichorus 234 P. J. Finglass 17 Alcman 245 Timothy Power 18 Sappho 261 Andre Lardinois 19 Alcaeus 275 Henry Spelman 20 Ibycus and Anacreon 290 Ettore Cingano 21 Solon and Theognis 303 Ewen Bowie 22 Simonides 317 Richard Rawles 23 Pindar 333 Christopher Brown 24 Bacchylides 346 David Fearn 25 The New Music 362 Pauline A. LeVen 26 Dramatic Lyric 377 Laura Swift 27 The Lyres of Orpheus: The Transformations of Lyric in the Hellenistic Period 389 A. D. Morrison Section 4 Receptions 405 28 Greek Iambic and Lyric in Horace 407 Andreas T. Zanker 29 Greek Lyric at Rome: Before and After Augustan Poetry 424 Tobias Allendorf 30 The Gift of Song: German Receptions of Pindar 437 John T. Hamilton 31 "Anacreon" in America 453 Patricia Rosenmeyer 32 Greek Lyric: A View from the North 467 William Allan 33 Sappho and the Feminist Movement: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 484 Marguerite Johnson 34 Anne Carson's Lyric Temporalities: Desire, Immortality, and Time in the Fragments of Sappho and Stesichorus 496 Hannah Silverblank 35 Greek Lyric and Pindar in Brazil 512 Robert de Brose Bibliography 526 Index 573

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