The dance of the Muses: choral theory and ancient greek poetics
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199292400
- ISBN10 019929240X
- Tipus Llibre
- Pàgines 284
- Any Edició 2006
- Encuadernació Tela
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Estudis Literatura GregaThe dance of the Muses: choral theory and ancient greek poetics
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
This book develops an authentic and at the same time revolutionary musical analysis of ancient Greek poetry. It departs from the abstract metrical analyses of the past in that it conceives the rhythmic and harmonic elements of poetry as integral to the whole expression, and decisive in the interpretation of its meaning. David offers a thorough going treatment of Homeric poetics: here some remarkable discoveries in the harmonic movement of epic verse, when combined with some neglected facts about the origin of the hexameter in a 'dance of the Muses', lead to essential new thinking about the genesis and the form of Homeric poetry. He also gives a foretaste of the fruits to be harvested in lyric by a musical analysis, which applies a new theory of the Greek tonic accent and considers concretely the role of dance in performance.