The poetics of imitation : Anacreon and the anacreontic tradition
1992, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #389504
ISBN: 0521410444
Physical description: xii, 285 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Based on the author's Ph.D. dissertation (Princeton University, 1987). Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and indexes. Includes Greek and Latin text. Contents: Introduction: The anacreontic question -- Origin: the role of Anacreon as model -- Anacreontic imitators: the model revised -- Reading the texts: a sterile abundance of words -- The anacreontic anthology -- The allusive text -- Conclusions: Byzantium and beyond -- Appendices: Repetition in the anacreontics -- Register of key anacreontic words -- A translation of the anacreontic poems. Subjects: Anacreon Criticism and interpretation; Anacreon Parodies, imitations, etc.; Anacreon v580-v495; European poetry Greek influences; Greek poetry History and criticism; Imitation in literature; Greek poetry History, to ca. 500.
Price: €85.00