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THE EPIC RHAPSODE AND HIS CRAFT
HOMERIC PERFORMANCE IN A DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE |
| By: |
Jose Gamaliel Gonzalez |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674055896 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674055896 |
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| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR HELLENIC STUDIES |
| Pub. date: |
7 April, 2015 |
| Series: |
Hellenic Studies Series v. 47 |
| Pages: |
350 |
| Description: |
Studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. This title argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. It shows that rhapsodic practice is best understood as an evolving combination of revelation, interpretation, recitation, and dramatic delivery. |
| Synopsis: |
"The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft" studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. It argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. Attention to the ways in which these performance domains informed each other over time reveals a shifting dynamic of competition and emulation among rhapsodes, actors, and orators that shaped their texts and their crafts. A diachronic analysis of this web of influences illuminates fundamental aspects of Homeric poetry: its inspiration and composition, the notional fixity of its poetic tradition, and the performance-driven textual fixation and writing of the Homeric poems. It also shows that rhapsodic practice is best understood as an evolving combination of revelation, interpretation, recitation, and dramatic delivery. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
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Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies |
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