Hellenistic Poetry in Context

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C. Wakker

Extent: 359 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Classical Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Hellenistica Groningana

Series volume number: 20

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2014)

ISBN: 9789042929852

Price: $80.00

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This volume is devoted to Hellenistic poetry in the context of the contemporary world of third century Alexandria and beyond. This topic fits in with the increasing interest in the role of literature in ancient society in recent research, which has already been applied successfully to various aspects of Hellenistic poetry. The subject also has an added interest because for a long time there has been a tendency to regard this kind of poetry as art for art’s sake, a kind of autonomous poetry and display of virtuosity among scholar-poets, who indulged in being as sophisticated as possible without being in touch with the real world. This view has been rightly challenged in recent years and the articles in this volume reflect this new approach, as the authors investigate the ways in which Hellenistic poetry played a part in its social and cultural context.

Edited by M.A. Harder
Edited by R.F. Regtuit
Edited by G.C. Wakker

"The collection as a whole is surely a symposiac feast (or perhaps a generous post-prandial carafe) of scholarship and a welcome addition to the distinguished series it joins. Collectively, the publications of the Workshops on Hellenistic Poetry have become one of the most important vehicles for new and innovative work in this active and productive field within the study of the ancient world. We are all deeply in the debt both of the editors and organizers and of the University of Groningen for bringing them to us." -- Robert Lamberton, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Look Who’s Talking: Innovations in Voice and Identity in Hellenistic Epigram

Volume 13

By (author) M.A. Tueller

Féminités hellénistiques

Voix, genre, représentations

Volume 25

Edited by C. Cusset Edited by P. Belenfant Edited by C.-E. Nardone

Reconstructing the Epic

Cross-Readings of the Trojan Myth in Hellenistic Poetry

Volume 14

By (author) E. Sistakou

Past and Present in Hellenistic Poetry

Volume 21

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C. Wakker

Nature and Science in Hellenistic Poetry

Volume 15

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C. Wakker

Traditions épiques et poésie épigrammatique

Actes du colloque des 7, 8 et 9 novembre 2012 à Aix-en-Provence

Volume 22

Edited by Y. Durbec Edited by F. Trajber

Kinder und junge Helden

Innovative Aspekte des Umgangs mit der literarischen Tradition bei Kallimachos

Volume 9

By (author) A. Ambühl

Hidden Presences

Monuments, Gravesites, and Corpses in Greek Funerary Epigram

Volume 10

By (author) J.S. Bruss

Beyond the Canon

Volume 11

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C. Wakker

Regards alexandrins

Histoire et théorie des arts dans l'épigramme hellénistique

Volume 12

By (author) É. Prioux

The Greek Figure Poems

Volume 19

By (author) J. Kwapisz

Crisis and Resilience in Hellenistic Poetry

Volume 27

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by J.J.H. Klooster Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C.…

Gods and Religion in Hellenistic Poetry

Volume 16

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C. Wakker

Women and Power in Hellenistic Poetry

Volume 26

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by J.J.H. Klooster Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C.…

The Aesthetics of Darkness

A Study of Hellenistic Romanticism in Apollonius, Lycophron and Nicander

Volume 17

By (author) E. Sistakou

Drama and Performance in Hellenistic Poetry

Volume 23

Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C. Wakker

Mythe et pouvoir à l’époque hellénistique

Volume 18

Edited by C. Cusset Edited by N. Le Meur-Weissman Edited by F. Levin

Callimachus Revisited

New Perspectives in Callimachean Scholarship

Volume 24

Edited by J.J.H. Klooster Edited by M.A. Harder Edited by R.F. Regtuit Edited by G.C.…

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