A Literary History of Greece

Robert Flaceliere (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

406 Seiten

2008
AldineTransaction (Verlag)
978-0-202-36295-3 (ISBN)

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There are several good histories of Greek literature of various shapes and sizes, but the purpose of this book is not simply to consider the literature of ancient Greece as an isolated subject, treating each of the literary modes - epic, lyric, drama, history, philosophy, and rhetoric - in terms of its own evolution. Instead, Robert Flaceliere provides a Greek history that deals with all the important works of Hellenic literature that are still of interest to contemporary readers; and he does this in chronological order with an accurate account of their historical background.Flaceliere follows the history of Greece down through the centuries as the writer records it. He describes the political atmosphere in the nation and the advances in the other arts that influenced literature. The author understands Sappho's rhapsodies; girlish love in the context of the acceptance of homosexuality in that era. He sympathizes with the unrequited passion of the penniless Archilochos. He appreciates Pindar's pacifist tendencies, Herodotus' upright insistence on truth, and Euripides' doubts about the existence of the gods. For the classical centuries, so rich in talent and genius, the author follows the successive generations systematically so as to distinguish the special features of each, what it owes to the preceding generation and how it paves the way for the next.Since this is a literary history, attention is mainly focused on the writers and their works, but by displaying these in their political, social, artistic and scientific setting, Flaceliere gives a better understanding of the production and significance of these wonderful achievements of the human spirit. Due to the wide range of material presented, "A Literary History of Greece" can be used as a reference book as well as for enjoyment reading.

Robert Flaceliere, born in 1904, joined the French School of Archaeology at Athens in 1925. He did active fieldwork, especially studying the inscriptions at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He was Professor of Greek at Lyons University and at the Sorbonne and was also Principal at the Ecole Normale Superieure. He is the author of many works on Greek literature, history and archaeology including Daily Life in Greece at the Time of Pericles, Greek Oracles, and Love in Ancient Greece.

FOREWORD, 1. THE TROJAN WAR: HOMER, 2. THE ARCHAIC PERIOD, 3. TOWARDS DEMOCRACY, 4. THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY, 5. IMPERIALISM AND THE DECLINE OF ATHENS, 6. LAST STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM, 7. THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIOD, 8. CONCLUSION, CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2008
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-202-36295-7 / 0202362957
ISBN-13	978-0-202-36295-3 / 9780202362953
Zustand	Neuware