{"product_id":"tradition-and-innovation-in-hellenistic-poetry-9780521203609","title":"Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study explores the Greek poetry of the third and second centuries BC and its reception and influence at Rome. Close readings of the most familiar poetry of the age are set alongside considerations of newly published texts, providing a different perspective on the literary practices of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview of the hardback: '… this invaluable and endlessly engaging book splendidly reflects their scholarly priorities and pleasures.' Journal of Classics Teaching\u003cbr\u003eReview of the hardback: '… a book so full that it defies summary. … will undoubtedly become an indispensable starting-point for many generations of students and scholars, presenting as it does the culmination of many years' thinking and writing on the part of both of its distinguished authors.' Hermathena\u003cbr\u003e'Wary of generalization that only simplify or obscure, Fantuzzi and Hunter are right to have invested most of their energy in the scrutiny of details; it has enable them to produce the most formidable synthesis of Hellenistic poetic developments yet written.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Performance and genre; 2. The aetiology of Callimachus' Aitia; 3. The Argonautica of Apollonius and epic tradition; 4. Theocritus and the bucolic genre; 5. Epic in a minor key; 6. The style of Hellenistic epic; 7. The epigram; 8. The languages of praise; 9. Hellenistic drama; 10. Roman epilogue.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767636033879,"sku":"9780521203609","price":48.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521203609.jpg?v=1758714100","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tradition-and-innovation-in-hellenistic-poetry-9780521203609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}