The Ancient Critic at Work
Subtitle: Terms and Concepts of Literary Criticism in Greek Scholia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780511516597
Subjects: Scholia; Greek literature; Transmission of texts
Description: Shows the importance of the Greek scholia, the marginal and interlinear notes on manuscripts, for understanding ancient literary criticism.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The presentation of the material and its methodological implications; The material and its characteristics; Characteristics of scholia; Topics other than literary criticism; The sources of the scholia; Translation; Note on quotations and references; Part I; Chapter 1 Plot; Chapter 2 Time; Chapter 3 Narrative and speech; Chapter 4 Focalisation; Chapter 5 Effects on the reader; Chapter 6 Gaps and omissions; Chapter 7 Poetic licence; Chapter 8 Authentication; Chapter 9 Style.; title: Chapter 10 Allusions, hints, hidden meaningsChapter 11 Characters; Chapter 12 Mythography; Part II; Chapter 13 The gods in Homer; Chapter 14 Homeric similes; Chapter 15 Epithets; Chapter 16 Type scenes; Chapter 17 Homeric speeches; Chapter 18 Reverse order; Chapter 19 Staging, performance and dramaturgy; Epilogue; Glossary of Greek terms; Editions of scholia; Other abbreviations; Bibliography; Thematic index; Index locorum.