Traditional elegy
Subtitle: the interplay of meter, tradition, and context in early Greek poetry
By: R. Scott Garner
Series: American classical studies -- v. 56
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780199757923
Subjects: Oral tradition; Greek Elegiac poetry; Greek language; Metrics and rhythmics; Oral-formulaic analysis; History and criticism; History
Description: 'Traditional Elegy' explores several issues related to the traditional compositional techniques that lay behind archaic Greek elegy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: Elegy and its traditional possibilities; title: Formulas in early Greek elegy; title: Epic correption or "traditional" correption?; title: Further considerations.