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Peter Bing - The Scroll and the Marble: Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry - 9780472116324 - V9780472116324
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The Scroll and the Marble: Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry

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Description for The Scroll and the Marble: Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry Hardcover. While people of previous ages relied on public performance as their chief means of experiencing poetry, the Hellenistic age developed what one may term a culture of reading. This book explores how poetry accommodated various audiences, and how these in turn experienced the text in diverse ways, offering a coherent vision of Hellenistic poetics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.

"One of the most prominent figures in American Hellenistic poetry scholarship, Peter Bing has long served as a model for acute criticism and careful reading. He has a marvelous ability to make readers rethink their preconceptions; his work is always beautifully argued and documented and his writing style is a pleasure to engage with."
---Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Ohio State University

While people of previous ages relied on public performance as their chief means of experiencing poetry, the Hellenistic age developed what one may term a culture of reading. This was the first era in which poets consciously shaped their works with an ... Read more

Peter Bing is Professor of Classics at Emory University and editor, most recently, of the Companion to Hellenistic Epigram: Down to Philip (coedited with Jon Steffen Bruss).

Jacket illustration: Film still from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures 1939. Courtesy of Sony Pictures.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472116324
SKU
V9780472116324
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Peter Bing
Peter Bing is Professor of Classics at Emory University and editor, most recently, of the Companion to Hellenistic Epigram: Down to Philip (coedited with Jon Steffen Bruss).

Reviews for The Scroll and the Marble: Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry
Peter Bing has long served as a model for acute criticism and careful reading. He has a marvelous ability to make readers re-think their preconceptions. - Ben Acosta-Hughes, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan

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