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Landscape and the Spaces of Metaphor in Ancient Literary Theory and Criticism
Nancy Worman
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Description for Landscape and the Spaces of Metaphor in Ancient Literary Theory and Criticism
hardcover. Explores a new area of ancient literary theory and criticism by examining how landscape and metaphor shape discussions of style. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
This study explores a previously uncharted area of ancient literary theory and criticism: the ancient landscapes (such as the Ilissus river in Athens and Mount Helicon) that generate metaphors for distinguishing styles, which dovetail with ancient conceptions of metaphor as itself spatial and mobile. Ancient writers most often coordinate stylistic features with country settings, where authoritative performers such as Muses, poets, and eventually critics or theorists view, appropriate, and emulate their bounties (for example springs, flowers, rivers, paths). These spaces of metaphor and their elaborations provide poets and critics with a vivid means of distinguishing among styles and an influential ... Read more
This study explores a previously uncharted area of ancient literary theory and criticism: the ancient landscapes (such as the Ilissus river in Athens and Mount Helicon) that generate metaphors for distinguishing styles, which dovetail with ancient conceptions of metaphor as itself spatial and mobile. Ancient writers most often coordinate stylistic features with country settings, where authoritative performers such as Muses, poets, and eventually critics or theorists view, appropriate, and emulate their bounties (for example springs, flowers, rivers, paths). These spaces of metaphor and their elaborations provide poets and critics with a vivid means of distinguishing among styles and an influential ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
838g
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521769556
SKU
V9780521769556
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About Nancy Worman
Nancy Worman is Professor of Classics at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of articles and books on style, performance and the body in Greek literature and culture, such as Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Most recently she has published articles on the aesthetics of tragic embodiment and co-edited Space, Place, and Landscape in ... Read more
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