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Seller's Description:
Very Good. 1988. Cloth, dj. 8vo. xx & 384 pp. Mild shelf wear and scuffing to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Ancient, Greek Literature. )
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Seller's Description:
Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 080183290X. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; This superb and fascinating book insists upon trying to place the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Pindar, Archilochus, and others within its social and ritual contexts: oral performance, patron/poet relationship, and religious or communal function. Considering the evidence, such efforts must at times rely upon inspiration, but the close textual readings of individual poems, judicious use of anthropological method, and inclusion of many of the recently discovered fragments creates a vivid picture.; 0.97 x 8.94 x 6.08 Inches; 408 pages.
Publisher:
The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
Published:
1988
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18111673301
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Seller's Description:
Fine in Fine jacket. First printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy, which appears unread. Jacket unclipped. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 080183290X. Small chip to head of spine. Scholar's name to inner cover (Mark Possanza).; This superb and fascinating book insists upon trying to place the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Pindar, Archilochus, and others within its social and ritual contexts: oral performance, patron/poet relationship, and religious or communal function. Considering the evidence, such efforts must at times rely upon inspiration, but the close textual readings of individual poems, judicious use of anthropological method, and inclusion of many of the recently discovered fragments creates a vivid picture.; 0.97 x 8.94 x 6.08 Inches; 408 pages.
