LYRIC TEXTS AND LYRIC CONSCIOUSNESS by Paul Allen Miller ( 9780415105187 )

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LYRIC TEXTS AND LYRIC CONSCIOUSNESS
THE BIRTH OF A GENRE FROM ARCHAIC GREECE TO AUGUSTAN ROME

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Paul Allen Miller

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0415105188

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

5 May, 1994

Pages:

248

Description:

Traces the organic development of the lyric form from archaic Greece to Augustan Rome. This text distinguishes between early Greek lyric, a largely oral phenomenon, and the more condensed personal poetry that we now think of as lyric.

Synopsis:

Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness presents a model for studying the history of lyric as a genre. Prof Miller draws a distinction between the work of the Greek lyrists and the more condensed, personal poetry that we associate with lyric. He then confronts the theoretical issues and presents a sophisticated, Bakhtinian reading of the development of the lyric form from its origins in archaic Greece to the more individualist style of Augustan Rome. This book will appeal to classicists and, since English translations of passages from the ancient authors are provided, to those who specialise in comparative literature.

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