Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth : Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece / Peter W. Rose
1992, First Edition. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #389645
ISBN: 0801424259
Physical description: 412 pages; 21cm ; index; illus. Notes: Includes bibliography and index. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Marxism and the Classics -- 1. How Conservative Is the Iliad? -- 2. Ambivalence and Identity in the Odyssey -- 3. Historicizing Pindar: Pythian 10 -- 4. Aeschylus' Oresteia: Dialectical Inheritance -- 5. Sophokles' Philoktetes and the Teachings of the Sophists: A Counteroffensive -- 6. Plato's Solution to the Ideological Crisis of the Greek Aristocracy -- Afterword -- References -- Index. Subjects: To 1500
Greek literature History and criticism. Literary form History To 1500.
Politics and literature Greece. Marxist criticism.
Littérature grecque Histoire et critique. Politique et littérature Grèce.
Critique marxiste.
LITERARY CRITICISM Ancient & Classical.
Greek literature. Literary form. Marxist criticism.
Politics and government.
Politics and literature.
Marxist criticism. Politics and literature Greece.
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