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While people of previous ages relied on public performance as their chief means of experiencing poetry, the Hellenistic age developed what one may term a culture of reading. This book explores how poetry accommodated various audiences, and how these in turn experienced the text in diverse ways, offering a coherent vision of Hellenistic poetics.

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Peter Bing has long served as a model for acute criticism and careful reading. He has a marvelous ability to make readers re-think their preconceptions. - Ben Acosta-Hughes, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan

The Scroll and the Marble

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      Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 5/30/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472116324, 978-0472116324
      ISBN10: 0472116320
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      While people of previous ages relied on public performance as their chief means of experiencing poetry, the Hellenistic age developed what one may term a culture of reading. This book explores how poetry accommodated various audiences, and how these in turn experienced the text in diverse ways, offering a coherent vision of Hellenistic poetics.

      Trade Review
      Peter Bing has long served as a model for acute criticism and careful reading. He has a marvelous ability to make readers re-think their preconceptions. - Ben Acosta-Hughes, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan

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