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Title Politics of orality / edited by Craig Cooper
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 377 pages) : illustrations
Series Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; v. 6
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 280
Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; v. 6.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 280. 0169-8958
Contents pt. I. Epic, orality and politics -- pt. II. Political manipulation of texts -- pt. III. The oral and written controversy : privileging literacy -- pt. IV. The oral and written controversy : privileging orality -- pt. V. Orality and written law
Summary Part of the series on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds, this work contains essays that explore the tensions and controversies that arise as a society moves from an oral to literate culture. It deals with the various forms of epic; explores the ways in which texts and writing were manipulated for political ends; and more
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Greek literature -- History and criticism
Transmission of texts -- Greece
Oral communication -- Greece
Language and culture -- Greece
Oral tradition -- Greece
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
Greek literature
Language and culture
Oral communication
Oral tradition
Transmission of texts
Bellettrie.
Mondelinge literatuur.
Griekse oudheid.
Politieke aspecten.
Greece
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Cooper, Craig R. (Craig Richard), 1960-
ISBN 9789047408086
904740808X
1281396710
9781281396716
9786611396718
6611396713