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The Scroll and the Marble: Studies in Reading and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry
Peter Bing
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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.
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 eye toward publication and reception not just on the civic stage, but in several media - in performance, on inscribed monuments, in scrolls. The essays in Peter Bing's collection explore how poetry accommodated various audiences, and how these in turn experienced the text in diverse ways. Over the years, Bing's essays have focused on certain Hellenistic authors and ... Read more
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 eye toward publication and reception not just on the civic stage, but in several media - in performance, on inscribed monuments, in scrolls. The essays in Peter Bing's collection explore how poetry accommodated various audiences, and how these in turn experienced the text in diverse ways. Over the years, Bing's essays have focused on certain Hellenistic authors and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472116324
SKU
V9780472116324
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About Peter Bing
Peter Bing is Associate Professor of Classics at Emory University, and author, most recently, of Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram down to Philip.
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