The Dance of the Muses: Choral Theory and Ancient Greek Poetics
Author:   A. P. David (Assistant Professor, European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199292400


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   A. P. David (Assistant Professor, European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780199292400


ISBN 10:   019929240
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction: the right comparison 2: Choreia and the musical text 3: The voice of the dancer: a new theory of the Greek accent 4: The form of the hexameter: the origins of caesura and diaeresis 5: The `choral signifier': the shaping of Homeric speech 6: Retrogression, episode, and anagogy: the round dance and narrative form 7: The genesis of Homeric poetry (a brief synthesis): the `intemporizing' cataloguer 8: The lyric orchestra

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...David often asks important questions that the scholarly discourse tends to avoid, and soemtimes proposes fascinating answers... Stefan Hagel, GNOMON


...David often asks important questions that the scholarly discourse tends to avoid, and soemtimes proposes fascinating answers... Stefan Hagel, GNOMON develops a new approach to the interpretation of ancient Greek poetry Massimo Giuseppetti, The Classical Review


develops a new approach to the interpretation of ancient Greek poetry * Massimo Giuseppetti, The Classical Review * ...David often asks important questions that the scholarly discourse tends to avoid, and soemtimes proposes fascinating answers... * Stefan Hagel, GNOMON *


...David often asks important questions that the scholarly discourse tends to avoid, and soemtimes proposes fascinating answers... Stefan Hagel, GNOMON develops a new approach to the interpretation of ancient Greek poetry Massimo Giuseppetti, The Classical Review


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A. P. David completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.

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