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Soliciting Darkness - Pindar, Obscurity, and the Classical Tradition (Paperback)
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Soliciting Darkness - Pindar, Obscurity, and the Classical Tradition (Paperback)
Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature
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Hailed by Horace and Quintilian as the greatest of Greek lyric
poets, Pindar has always enjoyed a privileged position in the
so-called classical tradition of the West. Given the intense
difficulty of the poetry, however, Pindaric interpretation has
forever grappled with the perplexing dilemma that one of the most
influential poets of antiquity should prove to be so dark. In
discussing both poets and scholars from a broad historical span,
with special emphasis on the German legacy of genius, "Soliciting
Darkness" investigates how Pindar's obscurity has been perceived
and confronted, extorted and exploited. As such, this study
addresses a variety of pressing issues, including the recovery and
appropriation of classical texts, problems of translation,
representations of lyric authenticity, and the possibility or
impossibility of a continuous literary tradition. The poetics of
obscurity that emerges here suggests that taking Pindar to be an
incomprehensible poet may not simply be the result of an
insufficient or false reading, but rather may serve as a wholly
adequate judgment.
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