Callimachus of Cyrene and the literary crisis at the beginning of the Hellenistic period: a preliminary study. - BULLOCH, A.W.,
KORTE INHOUD
'Prejudices, falsifications and inadequacies have resulted in an almost total lack of a definitive, responsable evaluation of Callimachus. The critical position of modern scholarship with regard to this key poet is one of chaos: every article, survey or handbook presents a different picture. And this is especially true on the most important subject of all in Callimachus, the dispute over literary principles which affected almost every aspect of his poetry. In addition to the material to be found in the poems preserved in the regular manuscript tradition, the papyri have brought to light a great amount of new material on this subject, and yet, with an almost frivolous abandonment of their responsabilities, modern scholars have failed to produce a single detailed examination of the relevant texts with a view to discovering what the literary dispute was about, how important it was, and how influential it was. (...) It is the literary dispute which is the central theme of this essay. My interest was drawn to it i...
1965zie alle details...
Categorie
Exclusief te koop bij deze verkoper
Stel vraag Boek
private presses, n.d.(>1965). XII,182p. Private binding. Typoscript. With author's intention on front cover. Cover a bit wrinkled. (Rare). [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BULLOCH, A.W.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge] [Jaar: 1965] [Titel: Callimachus of Cyrene and the literary crisis at the beginning of the Hellenistic period: a preliminary study.]
