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A COMPANION TO GREEK LITERATURECONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME: Richard H. Armstrong, Markus Asper, Nicholas Baechle, Manuel Baumbach, Lucio Del Corso, Markus Dubischar, Daniela Dueck, Mike Edwards, Thorsten Fögen, Edith Hall, Regina Höschele, Martin Hose, Jason König, David Konstan, Mary Lefkowitz, James McGlew, Anatole Mori, René Nünlist, Timothy Power, Richard Rader, Steve Reece, Hanna M. Roisman, Suzanne Saïd, David Schenker, Jan Stenger, Stefan Tilg, Antonis Tsakmakis, James Bradley Wells, Andreas Willi, Emily Wilson, Victoria WohlFrom the monumental works of Homer to the texts of the early church fathers, the ancient Greeks produced a body of literature that has been rarely equalled throughout history. A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over a millennium, from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Featuring contributions from a wide range of established and emerging scholars of Greek literature, chapters focus primarily on the changing forms and contexts of Greek literature as it evolved over the centuries. Areas explored include the production and transmission of ancient Greek texts, historic reception, individual authors, and many more. Other readings address the wide variety of genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeks - including but not limited to epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literature. Combining innovative scholarship with an unprecedented breadth of coverage, A Companion to Greek Literature is an indispensable reference to a series of literary masterpieces that influence and inspire readers even today. List of Illustrations x; Notes on Contributors xi; Abbreviations xv; Introduction: A Companion to Greek Literature 1; Martin Hose and David Schenker; Part I Production and Transmission 7; 1 Mechanics and Means of Production in Antiquity 9; Lucio Del Corso; 2 A Wound, not a World: Textual Survival and Transmission 27; Richard H. Armstrong; Part II Greek Literature as a Dynamic System 41; 3 Orality and Literacy: Ancient Greek Literature as Oral Literature 43; Steve Reece; 4 Literature in the Archaic Age 58; Timothy Power; 5 Literature in the Classical Age of Greece 77; James McGlew; 6 Literature in the Hellenistic World 89; Anatole Mori; 7 Greek Literature in the Roman World: Introducing Imperial Greek Literature 112; Jason König; 8 The Encounter with Christianity 126; Jan Stenger; Part III Genres 139; 9 Greek Epic 141; Hanna M.- Roisman; 10 Lyric: Melic, Iambic, Elegiac 155; James Bradley Wells; 11 The Ethics of Greek Drama 175; Richard Rader; 12 Epigram and Minor Genres 190; Regina Höschele; 13 Oratory: Practice and Theory 205; Mike Edwards; 14 Historiography and Biography 217; Antonis Tsakmakis; 15 Philosophical Writing: Treatise, Dialogue, Diatribe,- Epistle 235; Martin Hose; 16 The Novel 256; Stefan Tilg; 17 Technical Literature 266; Thorsten Fögen; Part IV The Players 281; 18 The Creators of Literature 283; Mary Lefkowitz; 19 Users of Literature 296; René Nünlist; 20 Sponsors and Enemies of Literature 310; David Schenker; Part V The Places 323; 21 Places of Production 325; Martin Hose; 22 Places of Presentation 344; Manuel Baumbach; 23 Topos and Topoi 353; Suzanne Saïd; Part VI Literature and Knowledge 371; 24 Literature and Truth 373; Martin Hose; 25 Knowledge of Self 386; Daniela Dueck; 26 Explicit Knowledge 401; Markus Asper; 27 Implicit Knowledge 415; David Konstan; 28 Preserved Knowledge: Summaries and Compilations 427; Markus Dubischar; Part VII Literature and Aesthetics 441; 29 The Language of Greek Literature 443; Andreas Willi; 30 Poetic Devices in Greek Literature: Pleasure and Creative Appropriation 461; Nicholas Baechle; 31 The Function of Literature 476; Victoria Wohl; Part VIII The Reception of Greek Literature- 489; 32 Trends in Greek Literature in the Contemporary Academy 491; Emily Wilson; 33 The Reception of Ancient Greek Literature and Western Identity 511; Edith Hall; Index 534 |
