Orality, Literacy and Performance in the Ancient World : Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, Vol. 9

Elizabeth Minchin

ISBN 10: 9004217746 / ISBN 13: 9789004217744

Published by Brill Dez 2011, 2011

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Neuware - The ninth meeting in the international Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World series - in the fiftieth year since the publication in 1960 of Albert Lord's The Singer of Tales - took as its theme 'Composition and Performance'. This volume contains a selection of those papers, several of which illustrate methodologically innovative approaches to the act of composition, the nature of performance, and vocalization in text. Under consideration are Homer, Hesiod, Plato, Isocrates, the orators of the Second Sophistic, and Proclus. Cross-cultural studies include, amongst others, South Slavic epic and a text from the Sanskrit archive.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Orality, Literacy and Performance in the Ancient World : Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World, Vol. 9
• Publisher: Brill Dez 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004217746
• ISBN 13: 9789004217744
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 160H x 18D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 612 grams

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Synopsis

The ninth meeting in the international Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World series - in the fiftieth year since the publication in 1960 of Albert Lord's The Singer of Tales - took as its theme 'Composition and Performance'. This volume contains a selection of those papers, several of which illustrate methodologically innovative approaches to the act of composition, the nature of performance, and vocalization in text. Under consideration are Homer, Hesiod, Plato, Isocrates, the orators of the Second Sophistic, and Proclus. Cross-cultural studies include, amongst others, South Slavic epic and a text from the Sanskrit archive.

About the Author

Elizabeth Minchin, PhD (1990) in Classics, Australian National University, teaches Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature at the ANU. Her research field is Homer and memory. Recent publications are Homer and the Resources of Memory and Homeric Voices.

Contributors include: Deborah Beck, Anna Bonifazi, Mathilde Cambron-Goulet, James Collins, David Elmer, Adrian Kelly, Jeroen Lauwers, Patrizia Marzillo, Jonathan Ready, Ruth Scodel, Niall Slater and McComas Taylor.