Generic Composition in Greek and Roman PoetryOriginal in conception and powerful in scope, Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry remains one of the most important books on early Greek, Hellenistic and Roman poetry in a generation. First published in the philological climate of the early 1970s, Francis Cairns' book was among the first works that sought to further our comprehension of difficult or obscure ancient poems by applying new literary-critical conventions and terminology, notably the concept of genre. Ancient literary studies have grown more sophisticated over the last years, and Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry now finds itself very much in the midst of current debates. The new edition includes a new Postscript by the author, and important corrections to the text, notes, and indices. |
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... topical list in the light of which examples of the genre can be discussed . The relevance and occasional utility of the Menandrian prescriptions should not of course be forgotten ( see below ) . Theocritus Idyll 12 will therefore be ...
... topical order and length of generic examples , of the influence of the rhetorical schools from the time of their emergence , and of the increasing dominance of rhetoric , especially in the first and subsequent centuries AD . But it ...
... topical and generic sophistications . The apparent simplicity of the result is a tribute to her art . The second early Greek poem which exemplifies topical sophistica- tion is also a propemptikon . It is attributed either to Archilochus ...
Contents
2 The Antiquity and Development of the Genres | 34 |
3 The Categories of Genres | 70 |
4 Originality in the Use of Topoi | 98 |
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