Pindar's Homer: The Lyric Possession of An Epic Past - Softcover

Nagy, Prof Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801848474 ISBN 13: 9780801848476

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. Throughout, he progressively broadens the definition of lyric to the point where it becomes the basis for defining epic, rather than the other way around.

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Review:

"An original and substantial contribution. This is Nagy at his best, in full control of the primary and secondary material, helping us see it in a new and revealing light."

(Michael N. Nagler, University of California, Berkeley)

"A fascinating book by a bold and learned scholar, displaying an impressive breadth of knowledge, interest, and reading... One admires the way Nagy gathers together strands of information usually examined in isolation and spins them into a coherent and persuasively presented argument."

(American Journal of Philology)

Synopsis:

Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. (Criticism)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0801848474
• ISBN 13: 9780801848476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 540