The Cambridge Companion to Hellenistic Poetry

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

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This volume offers a clear and authoritative gateway into the world of Hellenistic poetry, presenting the state of the art in a form accessible to newcomers and valuable to experienced scholars alike. Designed for undergraduate and graduate students of ancient cultures, especially those in Classics, as well as instructors and researchers, it distils a complex literary era into an illuminating, concise guide. Moving beyond isolated readings of individual poets such as Callimachus, Theocritus and Apollonius, the book situates Hellenistic poetry within its rich historical, political, cultural, and religious contexts, and discusses its important afterlife in Roman poetry. It highlights how shifting power structures, expanding intellectual networks, and new forms of cultural expression and religion shaped poetic innovation both in Alexandria and in the wider Mediterranean world. Whether used in the classroom or consulted as a research companion, this Companion provides an indispensable, overview of a transformative period in ancient literature.

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Utgivningsdatum:2027-02-28
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Companions to Literature
Antal sidor:500
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009123020

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Annette Harder was full professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Groningen from 1991– 2017. She has published widely on Hellenistic poetry, including an edition with introduction and commentary of Callimachus' Aetia in 2012. She has organized the Groningen Workshops on Hellenistic poetry since 1992 and co-edited the workshops' proceedings. Kloosterpublished widely on narratology and Hellenistic poetry (including Poetry as Window and Mirror. Positioning the Poet in Hellenistic Poetry,( 2011) and has co-edited the volumes of the renowned Groningen Workshops on Hellenistic poetry.

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Preface; Contributors; List of illustrations; 1. Introduction Annette Harder and Jacqueline Klooster; Part I. Hellenistic Poetry and the Literary Tradition: 2. The impact of earlier Epic poetry Valeria Pace; 3. Lyric poetry in the Hellenistic era Jackie Murray; 4. Predecessors of Hellenistic poetry in V–IV BCE Marco Perale; Part II. Hellenistic Poetry in Context: 5. The literary context and interaction between poets in III BCE Peter Bing; 6. Scholarly context Jan Kwapisz; 7. Hellenistic poetry in its political context from an intercultural perspective Alexandros Kampakoglou; 8. Religion and philosophy in Hellenistic poetry Ivana Petrovic; 9. Interaction between Greek and Jewish culture and poetry in Alexandria Pierluigi Lanfranchi; 10. Hellenistic aesthetics Evelyne Prioux; 11. The poet in society Andrej Petrovic; Part III. The Major Poets: 12. Callimachus of Cyrene Benjamin Acosta-Hughes; 13. Apollonius Rhodius Jim Clauss; 14. Theocritus Alexander Sens; Part IV. Beyond the Canon: 15. Greek Hellenistic epigram: thinking outside the box Maria Kanellou; 16. Didactic poetry: beyond the shadow of Hesiod Floris Overduin; 17. Beyond the canon: bucolic poetry after Theocritus Simon Grund and Robert Kirstein; 18. Dramatic poetry in the Hellenistic period Evina Sistakou; 19. Hellenistic poetry outside Alexandria Tom Nelson; 20. Fragments of Hellenistic poetry Silvia Barbantani; Part V. The reception of Hellenistic poetry: 21. Politics and poetics in Rome Annemarie Ambühl; 22. The reception of Hellenistic love poetry in Rome Alexander Kirichenko; 23. Aitiological scholarship in poetry Anke Walter; 24. The Renewal of Epic Damien Nelis; 25. The critical reception of Hellenistic poetry the first three centuries Richard Hunter; Bibliography; Indexes.