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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      11 May 2023
      25 May 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009086882
      9781316514375
      9781009078191
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086882
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.7kg, 458 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.57kg, 458 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature
      Series:
      Cambridge Classical Studies
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature
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    Challenging many established narratives of literary history, this book investigates how the earliest known Greek poets (seventh to fifth centuries BCE) signposted their debts to their predecessors and prior traditions – placing markers in their works for audiences to recognise (much like the 'Easter eggs' of modern cinema). Within antiquity, such signposting has often been considered the preserve of later literary cultures, closely linked with the development of libraries, literacy and writing. In this wide-ranging new study, Thomas Nelson shows that these devices were already deeply ingrained in oral archaic Greek poetry, deconstructing the artificial boundary between a supposedly 'primal' archaic literature and a supposedly 'sophisticated' book culture of Hellenistic Alexandria and Rome. In three interlocking case studies, he highlights how poets from Homer to Pindar employed the language of hearsay, memory and time to index their allusive relationships, as they variously embraced, reworked and challenged their inherited tradition.

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    ‘The thesis of this book is big and important. … Well produced, meticulously researched, and generally free of infelicities and errors, Nelson’s book is mandatory reading for Hellenists and Latinists alike and undoubtedly will remain a fixture in bibliographies for many years to come.’

    Jason S. Nethercut Source: American Journal of Philology

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    • Markers of Allusion in Archaic Greek Poetry
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    • Cambridge Classical Studies - Series page
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    • Markers of Allusion in Archaic Greek Poetry - Title page
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    • Copyright page
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    • Dedication
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    • Contents
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    • Acknowledgements
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    • Conventions and Abbreviations
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    • Chapter I - Introduction
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    • Chapter II - The Pre-Alexandrian Footnote
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    • Chapter III - Poetic Memory
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    • Chapter IV - Time For Allusion
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    • Chapter V - Epilogue
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    • Bibliography
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    • Index Locorum
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    • Index of Indices
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    • General Index
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