Myth and Poetics – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Myth and Poetics. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
36 produkter
Greek Mythology and Poetics
Av Gregory Nagy
Inbunden, 1990
744 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Gregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the forces of interaction and change that transformed the Indo-European linguistic and cultural heritage into distinctly Greek social …
Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun
Myth and Ritual in Ancient India
Inbunden, 1991
715 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Vedic Sanskrit literature contains a wealth of material concerning the mythology and religious practices of India between 1500 and 500 B.C.E.—a crucial period in the formation of traditional Indian culture. Stephanie W. Jamison here addresses the conditions that have limited our understanding of …
Epic Singers and Oral Tradition
Inbunden, 1991
1898 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Albert Bates Lord here offers an unparalleled overview of the nature of oral-traditional epic songs and the practices of the singers who composed them. Shaped by the conviction that theory should be based on what singers actually do, and have done in times past, the essays collected here span half …
Myth and the Polis
Av Dora C. Pozzi, John M. Wickersham
Inbunden, 1991
1041 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the ancient Greek polis, or city-state, during crucial periods in archaic and classical Greece. Examining the diverse texts which crystallized Greek oral …
Phrasikleia
An Anthropology of Reading in Ancient Greece
Inbunden, 1993
1898 kr
Lägg i varukorg
First published in French in 1988, this extraordinary book traces the meaning and function of reading from its very beginnings in Greek oral culture through the development of silent reading.One of the most haunting early examples of Greek alphabetical writing appears on the life-sized Archaic …
Heroic Sagas and Ballads
Inbunden, 1991
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages rather than that of the Viking …
Knowing Words
Wisdom and Cunning in the Classical Traditions of China and Greece
Av Lisa Raphals
Inbunden, 1992
1225 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Mute Immortals Speak
Pre-Islamic Poetry and the Poetics of Ritual
Av Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych
Inbunden, 1993
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A body of Bedouin oral poetry which was collected in the second or third Islamic century, the pre-Islamic qasidah, or ode, stands with the Qur'an as a twin foundation of Arabo-Islamic literary culture. Throughout the rich fifteen-hundred-year history of classical Arabic literature, the qasidah …
Helen of Troy and Her Shameless Phantom
Inbunden, 1994
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Like the male heroes of epic poetry, Helen of Troy has been immortalized, but not for deeds of strength and honor; she is remembered as the beautiful woman who disgraced herself and betrayed her family and state. Norman Austin here surveys interpretations of Helen in Greek literature from the …
Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the "Odyssey"
Inbunden, 1994
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
One of the special charms of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal of its narrative, the Odyssey is fully understood only when its style, design, and mythical patterns are taken into account as well. Bringing a new …
Mothers in Mourning
Inbunden, 1998
1700 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"Nicole Loraux brilliantly elucidates how Athenian politics were 'gendered' in the Classical period. She investigates the Athenian state's interdiction of ritualized mourning by women, in a city where public mourning constituted a vital act of civic self-definition and solidarity. "As Loraux shows, …
Singer Resumes the Tale
Av Albert Bates Lord, Mary Louise Lord
Inbunden, 1995
1393 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Does thinking differ in western and non-western cultures. Read the results as a team of philosophers, psychologists, theologians, anthropologists and narrativises grapple with the question
"Odyssey" in Athens
Myths of Cultural Origins
Inbunden, 1995
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A study in poetic interaction, The Odyssey in Athens explores the ways in which narrative structure and parallels within and between epic poems create or disclose meaning. Erwin F. Cook also broadens the scope of this intertextual approach to include the relationship of Homeric epic to ritual. …
Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes
The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition
Inbunden, 1995
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand years. In this ethnography of a contemporary community of professional poet-singers, Dwight F. Reynolds reveals how the epic tradition continues to …
Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India
Av Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
Inbunden, 1996
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single regional repertoire to show the influence of their intertextual relations on the composition and interpretation of artistic performance. Placing special …
Anger of Achilles
Mênis in Greek Epic
Inbunden, 1996
1181 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"Menis opens for consideration an immense range of significant poetic possibilities, not the least of which is that of an ethical sense for the term."—Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Henceforth no one will be able to claim that menis merely connotes strong emotion. Muellner has demonstrated that menis …
Poetry in Speech
Orality and Homeric Discourse
Inbunden, 1997
823 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Applying linguistic theory to the study of Homeric style, Egbert J. Bakker offers a highly innovative approach to oral poetry, particularly the poetry of Homer. By situating formulas and other features of oral style within the wider contexts of spoken language and communication, he moves the study …
After Antiquity
Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor
Inbunden, 2002
1588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
With the publication of Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, widely considered a classic in Modern Greek studies and in collateral fields, Margaret Alexiou established herself as a major intellectual innovator on the interconnections among ancient, medieval, and modern Greek cultures. In her new, …
Ariadne's Thread
A Guide to International Stories in Classical Literature
Inbunden, 2001
855 kr
Lägg i varukorg
From Cinderella to The Boy Who Cried Wolf to The Dragon Slayer to the Judgment of Solomon, certain legends, myths, and folktales are part of the oral tradition in countries around the world. In addition to their pervasiveness, these stories show an astonishing longevity; many such tales are found …
Singing the Past
Turkic and Medieval Heroic Poetry
Av Karl Reichl
Inbunden, 2000
1230 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Oral epic poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Karakalpak oral traditions. Through a close analysis of these Turkic works, he shows that they are typologically similar to heroic poetry in …
Masks of Authority
Fiction and Pragmatics in Ancient Greek Poetics
Inbunden, 2005
1181 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Exploring a variety of literary texts representing different poetic genres, Claude Calame, an internationally known classicist, draws the lineaments of a real history of the means used by ancient Greek poets to create in their works a fictional authorship. In this collection of essays, he shows …
"Odyssey" in Athens
Myths of Cultural Origins
Häftad, 2006
627 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A study in poetic interaction, The Odyssey in Athens explores the ways in which narrative structure and parallels within and between epic poems create or disclose meaning. Erwin F. Cook also broadens the scope of this intertextual approach to include the relationship of Homeric epic to ritual. …
Helen of Troy and Her Shameless Phantom
Häftad, 2008
562 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Like the male heroes of epic poetry, Helen of Troy has been immortalized, but not for deeds of strength and honor; she is remembered as the beautiful woman who disgraced herself and betrayed her family and state. Norman Austin here surveys interpretations of Helen in Greek literature from the …
Ariadne's Thread
A Guide to International Stories in Classical Literature
Häftad, 2009
578 kr
Lägg i varukorg
From Cinderella to The Boy Who Cried Wolf to The Dragon Slayer to the Judgment of Solomon, certain legends, myths, and folktales are part of the oral tradition in countries around the world. In addition to their pervasiveness, these stories show an astonishing longevity; many such tales are found …
Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun
Myth and Ritual in Ancient India
Häftad, 2011
588 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Vedic Sanskrit literature contains a wealth of material concerning the mythology and religious practices of India between 1500 and 500 B.C.E.—a crucial period in the formation of traditional Indian culture. Stephanie W. Jamison here addresses the conditions that have limited our understanding of …
Mute Immortals Speak
Pre-Islamic Poetry and the Poetics of Ritual
Av Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych
Häftad, 2010
578 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A body of Bedouin oral poetry which was collected in the second or third Islamic century, the pre-Islamic qasidah, or ode, stands with the Qur'an as a twin foundation of Arabo-Islamic literary culture. Throughout the rich fifteen-hundred-year history of classical Arabic literature, the qasidah …
Greek Mythology and Poetics
Av Gregory Nagy
Häftad, 1992
611 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Gregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the forces of interaction and change that transformed the Indo-European linguistic and cultural heritage into distinctly Greek social …
Mothers in Mourning
Häftad, 1998
489 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"Nicole Loraux brilliantly elucidates how Athenian politics were 'gendered' in the Classical period. She investigates the Athenian state's interdiction of ritualized mourning by women, in a city where public mourning constituted a vital act of civic self-definition and solidarity. "As Loraux shows, …
Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the "Odyssey"
Häftad, 2001
562 kr
Lägg i varukorg
One of the special charms of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal of its narrative, the Odyssey is fully understood only when its style, design, and mythical patterns are taken into account as well. Bringing a new …
Anger of Achilles
Mênis in Greek Epic
Häftad, 2005
399 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"Menis opens for consideration an immense range of significant poetic possibilities, not the least of which is that of an ethical sense for the term."—Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Henceforth no one will be able to claim that menis merely connotes strong emotion. Muellner has demonstrated that menis …
