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Theocritus A Selection
Author | : Theocritus |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1999-02-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 052157420X |
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This is the first full-scale commentary on poems by Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry; the poems included in this volume (Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13) are principally the bucolic poems which, through their influence on Virgil, established the Western pastoral tradition. The focus of the commentary is literary - both on how Theocritus exploited the classical heritage for a new type of poetry, and on what that poetry meant in the third century BC. The commentary, together with the introductory essays to each poem, makes a major contribution to the understanding of this extraordinary poetic form. The Introduction explores the meaning of 'bucolic', the presentation of a stylised countryside, the importance of eros in the bucolic world, and Theocritus' verbal and metrical style.
Select poems
Author | : Theocritus |
Publsiher | : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0865162042 |
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This selection of the poems of Theocritus illustrates his creative genius and rare powers of observation. Dover's introduction and notes offer insights into both the writing and the life and times of the poet.
A Selection from the Remains of Theocritus Bion and Moschus
Author | : Theocritus |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OXFORD:600065575 |
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Sixteen Select Idyls of Theocritus With Engl Notes by D B Hickie
Author | : Theocritus |
Publsiher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1021062286 |
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Escape into the beautiful world of ancient Greek literature with this charming collection of idylls by Theocritus. With English translations and insightful commentary by DB Hickie, readers can fully appreciate the rich imagery and lyrical beauty of these timeless poems. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Sixteen select idyls of Theocritus with Engl notes by D B Hickie
Author | : Theocritus (of Syracuse.) |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1839 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OXFORD:590973788 |
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Theocritus and the Invention of Fiction
Author | : Mark Payne |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 2007-04-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781139464307 |
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The bucolic Idylls of Theocritus are the first literature to invent a fully fictional world that is not an image of reality but an alternative to it. It is thereby distinguished from the other Idylls and from Hellenistic poetry as a whole. This book examines these poems in the light of ancient and modern conceptions of fictionality. It explores how access to this fictional world is mediated by form and how this world appears as an object of desire for the characters within it. The argument culminates in a fresh reading of Idyll 7, where Professor Payne discusses the encounter between author and fictional creation in the poem and its importance for the later pastoral tradition. Close readings of Theocritus, Callimachus, Hermesianax and the Lament for Bion are supplemented with parallels from modern contemporary fiction and an extended discussion of the heteronymic poetry of Fernando Pessoa.
Theocritus Pastoral Analogies
Author | : Kathryn J. Gutzwiller |
Publsiher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0299129446 |
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In a book as beautifully written as the poetry it celebrates, Kathryn Gutzwiller uses the famous Idylls of Theocritus to show us the formative processes at work in the creation of a literary genre--the pastoral--and how the very structure of a genre both shapes and limits judgments about it. Gutzwiller argues that Theocritus' position as first pastoralist has haunted critical assessments of him. Was he merely a beginner, whose simple descriptions of country life were reworked by Vergil into poems of imagination and tender feeling? Or was he a genius of great creative ability, who first found the way to encapsulate in humble detail a metaphysical vision of man's emotional core? Examining Theocritus from the point of view of "beginnings," Gutzwiller succeeds in placing him both within his native Greek intellectual tradition and within the tradition of critical commentary on pastoral. As she points out, "beginnings are hard to pin down . . . the thing begun did not exist before and yet its composite parts were already somewhere in existence." Gutzwiller provides an analysis of the herdsman figure in pre-Hellenistic Greek literature, showing that the simple shepherd or goatherd had long been used as a figure of analogy for characters of higher rank. Theocritus was the first poet to focus on the shepherd himself and bring the analogies down into the pastoral world. Through her careful analyses of the seven pastoral Idylls, Gutzwiller demonstrates that in turning the focus on the shepherd Theocritus created a group of literary works with an inner structure so unique that later readers considered it a new genre. In her conclusion Gutzwiller explores subsequent controversies about the pastoral, from ancient to modern times, revealing how they continue to reflect the structural pattern that originated in Theocritus's poetry.
Brill s Companion to Theocritus
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 2021-08-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9789004466715 |
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Brill's Companion to Theocritus offers an up-to-date guide to a thorough understanding of Theocritus’ literary output. Exploring his corpus from a variety of novel perspectives, it presents a detailed account of the intricacy of Theocritus’ poetic art.