Barry B. Powell

Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the contribution of the alphabetic revolution to the genesis of archaic Greek literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780521782067
• ISBN-10: 0521782066
• Artikelnr.: 23181687

Autorenporträt

Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991 HB 0521371570; 1996 PB 052158907X).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: building models like a wigwam
2. Text
3. Orality and genre
4. Myth
5. Literacy
6. Tradition
7. Memorization
8. M. L. West and the Eastern origins of Greek tradition
9. Cultural transmission by literate means in the Near East
10. Writing: general
11. Writing: semasiography and logosyllabography
12. Writing: the Chinese enigma
13. Oral and written in the land between the rivers
14. Oral and written in the Valley of the Nile
15. The West Semitic revolution
16. The invention of the Greek alphabet and the end of multiliteralism
17. Where does Homer fit in the alphabetic revolution?
18. The aoidos in context
19. Aoidic innovation in myth: stories from pots
20. Summary and conclusions: early Greek literature in context
Bibliography
Index.