The invention of literature : from Greek intoxication to the Latin book / by Florence Dupont ; translated by Janet Lloyd
1999, First Edition. Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #448531
ISBN: 080185864X
Physical description; xi, 287 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Originally published under the title 'L'invention de la littérature: de l'ivresse grecque au livre latin' -- La Découverte, 1994. Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index. Translated from the original French. Contents; Note to the Reader. Introduction. Toward Another Use of Antiquity: A Recreative Otherness. p. 1. I. Culture of Intoxication: Singing with Nothing to Say. p. 19. 1. Song for Cleobulus. p. 25. 2. Invention of Anacreon. p. 51. II. Culture of the Kiss: Speaking with Nothing to Say. p. 101. 3. Games of Catullus. p. 111. 4. Kisses in the Greek Manner and Roman Cuisine. p. 128. III. Story Culture: Books That Were Not for Reading. p. 171.5. Golden Ass Stories. p. 179. 6. Writing Sandwiched between Two Voices. p. 204. Conclusion. The Entropy of Cultural Changes. p. 247. App. Some Curious Documents. p. 259. Notes. p. 263. Index. p. 283. Subjects; Classical literature History and criticism Theory, etc. Literature and society Greece. Literature and society Rome. Rhetoric, ancient. Classical literature History and criticism Theory, etc. Literature and society Greece. Literature and society Rome. Rhetoric, Ancient. Greece Civilization. Rome Civilization.
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