The Resource The poets of Alexandria, Susan A. Stephens
The poets of Alexandria, Susan A. Stephens
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- Summary
- Alexandria was the greatest of the new cities founded by Alexander the Great as his armies swept eastward. It was ruled by his successors, the Ptolemies, who presided over one of the richest and most productive periods in the whole of Greek literature. Susan A Stephens here reveals a cultural world in transition: reverential of the compositions of the past (especially after construction of the great library, repository for all previous Greek oeuvres), but at the same time forward-looking and experimental, willing to make use of previous forms of writing in exciting new ways. The author examines Alexandria's poets in turn. She discusses the strikingly avant-garde Aetia of Callimachus; the idealized pastoral forms of Theocritus (which anticipated the invention of fiction); and the neo-Homerian epic of Apollonius, the Argonautica, with its impressive combination of narrative grandeur and psychological acuity. She shows that all three poets were innovators, even while they looked to the past for inspiration: drawing upon Homer, Hesiod, Pindar and the lyric poets, they emphasized stories and material that were entirely relevant to their own progressive cosmopolitan environment
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The poets of Alexandria
- Title
- The poets of Alexandria
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan A. Stephens
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Alexandria was the greatest of the new cities founded by Alexander the Great as his armies swept eastward. It was ruled by his successors, the Ptolemies, who presided over one of the richest and most productive periods in the whole of Greek literature. Susan A Stephens here reveals a cultural world in transition: reverential of the compositions of the past (especially after construction of the great library, repository for all previous Greek oeuvres), but at the same time forward-looking and experimental, willing to make use of previous forms of writing in exciting new ways. The author examines Alexandria's poets in turn. She discusses the strikingly avant-garde Aetia of Callimachus; the idealized pastoral forms of Theocritus (which anticipated the invention of fiction); and the neo-Homerian epic of Apollonius, the Argonautica, with its impressive combination of narrative grandeur and psychological acuity. She shows that all three poets were innovators, even while they looked to the past for inspiration: drawing upon Homer, Hesiod, Pindar and the lyric poets, they emphasized stories and material that were entirely relevant to their own progressive cosmopolitan environment
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stephens, Susan A
- Dewey number
- 881/.0109
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PA3084.P7
- LC item number
- S74 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Callimachus
- Posidippus
- Theocritus
- Apollonius
- Greek poetry, Hellenistic
- Poetics
- Label
- The poets of Alexandria, Susan A. Stephens
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-183) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1029206464
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781848858800
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- Label
- The poets of Alexandria, Susan A. Stephens
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-183) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1029206464
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9781848858800
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
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