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Book Synopsis"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 performer's self-presentation. She discusses a wide range of pre-Hellenist
Trade Review"Stehle has set about the important and arduous task of situating existing texts and text fragments of ancient Green nondramatic poetry in their performative contexts ... This is a thorough analysis ... clearly written and compelling, a valuable resource for classics, gender, and performance studies scholars and students."--Classical World
Table of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction3Ch. 1Community Poetry26Ch. 2Women in Performance in the Community71Ch. 3Male Performers in the Community119Ch. 4Bardic Poetry170Ch. 5The Symposium213Ch. 6Sappho's Circle262Conclusion319Appendix: Chronology of Primary Sources326Transliterated Terms329Bibliography331Index Locorum353General Index357
