Sound, Sense, and Rhythm
Subtitle: Listening to Greek and Latin Poetry.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780691086668
Subjects: Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech); Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; Oral communication; History and criticism; Classical Literature; Language Arts & Disciplines; Poetry; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Latin; Language; Linguistics; Ancient and Classical; Classics; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Classical Languages; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Classical poetry; Greece; Metrics and rhythmics
First sentence: MOSTLY, we read the Homeric epics; despite the existence of modern recordings, few of us listen to them.