Lyric Texts & Consciousness

by Paul Miller

Overview

First published in 1994. Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness presents a model for studying the history of lyric as a genre. Professor Miller drawls a distinction between the work of the Greek lyrists and the more condensed, personal poetry that we associate with lyric. He then confronts the theoretical issues and presents sophisticated, Bakhtinian reading of the development of lyric form from its origins in archaic Greece to the more individualist style of Augustan Rome. This book will appeal to classicists and since English translation of passes from ancient authors are provided, to those who specialise in comparative literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317761747
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/19/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Paul Allen Miller is Assistant Professor of Classic and Comparative literature at Texas Tech University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Subject of the Text; Chapter 2 Epos and Iambos or Archilochus Meets the Wolfman; Chapter 3 De Generibus Disputandum Est; Chapter 4 The Garden of Forking Paths; Chapter 5 A Poet’s Place; Chapter 6 Sapphica Puella; Chapter 7 Rome, Alexandria, and the Politics of Lyric; Chapter 8 Horace, Mercury, and Augustus; Chapter 9 Conclusion;