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The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches)
Alexiou, Margaret. Ed(S): Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios; Roilos, Panagiotis
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Hardcover. First published in 1974, this is a generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition, and a variety of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive synthesis. This edition includes an updated bibliography. Editor(s): Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios; Roilos, Panagiotis. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Margaret Alexiou's The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, first published in 1974, has long since been established as a classic in several fields. This is the only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive and penetrating synthesis. Its interdisciplinary orientation and broad scope have rendered The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition an indispensable reference work for classicists, byzantinists, neohellenists, folklorists, and anthropologists. Now a second edition, revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, has been made available. This ... Read more
Margaret Alexiou's The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, first published in 1974, has long since been established as a classic in several fields. This is the only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive and penetrating synthesis. Its interdisciplinary orientation and broad scope have rendered The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition an indispensable reference work for classicists, byzantinists, neohellenists, folklorists, and anthropologists. Now a second edition, revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, has been made available. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742507562
SKU
V9780742507562
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About Alexiou, Margaret. Ed(S): Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios; Roilos, Panagiotis
Margaret Alexiou is professor emerita of modern Greek studies at the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Panagiotis Roilos is assistant professor of modern Greek studies at the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Dimitrios Yatromanolakis is junior fellow in classics at te Society of Fellows, Harvard University.
Reviews for The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches)
The publication of this second edition by Rowman & Littlefield is very much to be welcomed. It has been sensitively revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, who have reworked some passages and clarified the wording of others, but carefully maintained the original structure and argument of the book....
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