Chronology, Dialect, and Style in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

NOTE EDITORE

Early Greek hexameter poetry and its language is the focus of this book, and McConnell addresses the question of why the Greek in which this poetry is composed is so special and unique in ancient literature. It has long been maintained that various features of the artificial dialect of the poems gradually fell out of use as time went by, and therefore that we can use the poems' language to date the texts. This book takes a deep dive into the linguistic features in question and the wider problems in extrapolating chronology from their distribution, all while advocating for the importance of statistical rigour. Part I contains five chapters which are devoted to different linguistic phenomena, and problems in quantifying them are set out in each. Part II argues that chronology is just one part of a much wider picture, and that not only dialect but also style is a highly salient factor in understanding language variation throughout the poems. This notion of style is linked to the linguistic concept of register, and it is argued that the prehistory of different kinds of poetry led to the creation of different registers for different (sub)genres within the corpus. McConnell therefore takes a linguistic approach to understanding the literary history of early Greek hexameter poetry.

SOMMARIO

1 - Introduction2 - Thematic Genitives in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry3 - The Digamma in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry4 - Thematic Dative Plurals in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry5 - Tmesis in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry6 - Summary of the Key Findings of Part 17 - Homeric Speech, Narrative, and Style8 - Register in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry9 - Conclusion

AUTORE

Since completing his DPhil in 2019, Tom has been teaching and researching at Oxford University, at Oriel and Balliol colleges.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198932314
• Collana: Oxford Classical Monographs
• Dimensioni: 240 x 20.0 x 164 mm Ø 600 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 4 figures
• Pagine Arabe: 310