| Iambic Ideas: Essays on a Poetic Tradition from Archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire Contributor(s): Cavarzere, Alberto (Editor), Aloni, Antonio (Editor), Barchiesi, Alessandro (Editor) |
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ISBN: 074250817X ISBN-13: 9780742508170 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: Iambic Ideas explores the concept of the iambic as a genre. In a set of detailed studies, the contributors examine, across time, the idea of iambic through a wide variety of cultural settings--Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, and late antiquity. What emerges most clearly is that the iambic idea is impossible to define in absolute terms: rather, the form of iambic keeps varying in response to a vast variety of historical contingencies. The variation is evident in such critical terms as the iambic tendency in Sappho, the reusing of iambi for Roman epodes, and even the instances of iambic absence in comedy and other such related forms. In the end, what is most characteristic about the iambic is its own inherent variability. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 881.010 |
| LCCN: 2001041693 |
| Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.07" W x 9.01" (0.96 lbs) 278 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Iambic Ideas, explores the concept of the 'iambic' as a genre. In a set of detailed studies, the contributors examine, across time, the idea of iambic through a wide variety of cultural settings-Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, and late antiquity. What emerges most clearly is that the 'iambic idea' is impossible to define in absolute terms: rather, the form of iambic keeps varying in response to a vast variety of historical contingencies. The variation is evident in such critical terms as the 'iambic tendency' in Sappho, the 'reusing of iambi' for Roman epodes, and even the instances of 'iambic absence' in comedy and other such related forms. In the end, what is most characteristic about the 'iambic' is its own inherent variability. |