Gutzwiller A Guide to Hellenistic Literature

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-76608-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature

This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature ofthe Hellenistic period.
* A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from thedeath of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in31 BC
* Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual andliterary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature wasproduced
* Introduces the major writers and genres of the period
* Provides information about style, meter and languages to aidreaders with no prior knowledge of the language in understandingtechnical aspects of literary Greek
* Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenisticcriticism, including audience reception, the political and socialbackground, and Hellenistic theories of literature

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gutzwiller, Kathryn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures ix
List of Maps x
Preface xi
1 History and Culture 1
1.1 The Successors 2
1.2 Macedonia and Greece 4
1.3 Seleucid Asia 8
1.4 Attalid Pergamum 12
1.5 Ptolemaic Egypt 16
2 Aesthetics and Style 26
2.1 Aesthetic Principles 29
2.2 Meter, Dialect, and Diction 36
2.3 Literature as Artefact 43
3 Authors and Genres 50
3.1 Menander 50
3.2 Callimachus 60
3.3 Apollonius of Rhodes 74
3.4 Theocritus and the Other Bucolic Poets 84
3.5 Didactic Poetry 97
3.6 Epigrams 106
3.7 Dramatic Poetry 120
3.8 Parodic and Philosophical Literature 131
3.9 Polybius 144
3.10 Technical Prose Writing 154
4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature 168
4.1 Learning and Innovation 169
4.2 Book Culture and Performance 178
4.3 Social and Political Background 188
4.4 The Critical Impulse in Literature and Art 202
4.5 Reception in Rome 213
Notes 223
Chronological Tables 228
Suggested Reading 230
Bibliography 239
Index 251

Über Autor(innen)

Kathryn Gutzwiller is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati. Her recent publications include Poetic Garlands: Hellenistic Epigrams in Context (1998) and The New Posidippus: A Hellenistic Poetry Book (edited, 2005). She is the winner of the American Philological Association's Goodwin Award of Merit and has twice won the Gildersleeve Prize for the best article in the American Journal of Philology.