Performance and gender in ancient Greece : nondramatic poetry in its setting

Performance and gender in ancient Greece : nondramatic poetry in its setting /

"Like love, Greek poetry was not for hereafter," writes Eva Stehle, "but shared in the present mirth and laughter of festival, ceremony, and party." Describing how men and women, young and adult, sang or recited in public settings, Stehle treats poetry as an occasion for the perf...

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Main Author: Stehle, Eva, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton Unviversity Press, [1997]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Sappho > Friends and associates.
Greek poetry > History and criticism.
Oral interpretation of poetry > History > To 1500.
Women in the performing arts > Greece.
Bards and bardism > History > To 1500.
Women and literature > Greece.
Oral tradition > Greece.
Sex role > Greece.
Greece > Social life and customs.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. Community Poetry
  • CHAPTER TWO. Women in Performance in the Community
  • CHAPTER THREE. Male Performers in the Community
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Bardic Poetry
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Symposium
  • CHAPTER SIX. Sappho's Circle
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Chronology of Primary Sources
  • Transliterated Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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