Bacchylides - Politics, Performance, Poetic Tradition (Hardcover, New)

Bacchylides: Politics, Performance, Poetic Tradition combines close literary analysis of Bacchylides' poetry with detailed discussion of the central role poetry played in a variety of differing political contexts throughout Greece in the early fifth century BC. In Bacchylides' praise poetry, David Fearn argues, the poet manipulates a wide range of earlier Greek literature not only to elevate the status of his wealthy patrons, but also to provoke thought about the nature of political power and aristocratic society. New light is also shed on Bacchylides' Dithyrambs, through detailed discussion of the evidence for the kuklios khoros ('circular chorus') and its relation to a variety of different religious festivals, especially within democratic Athens. The links created between literary concerns and cultural contexts reinvigorate these underappreciated poems and reveal their central importance for the self-definition of political communities.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Classical Monographs
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	December 2007
Authors:	David Fearn
Dimensions:	223 x 145 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	442
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-921550-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Early music (up to c 1000 CE) Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Early music (up to c 1000 CE)
LSN:	0-19-921550-2
Barcode:	9780199215508

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