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Author Zellner, Harold.

Title The Poetic Style of the Greek Poet Sappho : a Study in Word Playfulness
Published Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (146 pages)
Contents THE POETIC STYLE OF THE GREEK POET SAPPHO: A Study in Word Playfulness; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One -- Sappho's Wordplay; Chapter Two -- Sapphic Humor; Chapter Three -- Sapphic Rhetoric; Chapter Four -- Sapphic Rhetoric, Continued; Chapter Five -- Sappho's Games of Love; Chapter Six -- Concluding Remarks; Photograph of P. Oxy. 2637 Fr. 35; Appendix; Bibliography; Indices; Index of Names of Persons and Places; Index of Ancient Authors Cited; Subject Index
Summary This book argues that Sappho?s style is characteristically playful, and that this is probably the best explanation for some problematic features of her text
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Sappho -- Literary style
SUBJECT Sappho fast
Subject POETRY -- Ancient & Classical.
Literary style
Languages & Literatures.
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773417038
0773417036