Beyond Greek : The Beginnings of Latin Literature
Denis. Feeney
Bok Engelsk 2016 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | : : Harvard University Press, , 2016.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (392 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Contingency of Latin Literature; Engaging with "Hellenization"; Before and After 240; Chapter 1. Translation: Languages, Scripts, Texts; The Strangeness of Translation; The Case of Ptolemaic Alexandria; Two Ptolemaic "Exceptions"; The Variability of Translation into Greek; Ranges of Possibilities; Translating Is Not Interpreting; What Does Not Get Translated; Chapter 2. The Roman Translation Project; Not the "Faithful Interpreter"; The Bilingual Classroom; The Originality of Translation; Sameness and Difference. - Across the WatershedComparing Greek and Roman Song Cultures; A Comparison Test-Case: Greek and Roman Songs for the Gods; Elaboration of Cultic Song: A Carmen for Juno; Inventing Vernacular Literatures; Conclusion: Joining the Network; Webs of History and Myth; The New Systematization; A Roman Dimension to the System; Notes; References; Index. - Chapter 3. The Interface between Latin and GreekInside the Intercultural Space; L1 and L2; A Literary Language for Rome; "UP" and "DOWN"; A Bilingual Governing Élite; Chapter 4. Middle Grounds, Zones of Contact; Greek Drama, from Magna Graecia to Central Italy; The New Ludi Scaenici of 364; On the Roman Stage, 364-241; A New Kind of Fidelity; From Koinē to Imperium; Accessing the Canon; Chapter 5. A Stage for an Imperial Power; The Sicilian Connection; An International Festival; Swimming with, and against, the Mainstream of Hellenism; Acting Greek; The Games of Anicius: A Road Not Taken?. - Spectacles in International DialogueChapter 6. A Literature in the Latin Language; What Does It Mean to Speak of "Latin Literature"?; Writing within the Frameworks of Hellenistic Literary Culture; The Development of a Second-Order Institution of Criticism; A Roman Literary Tradition; Remakes, Sequels, and New Departures; Beyond the Translation Project; Chapter 7. The Impact and Reach of the New Literature; Audiences; New Horizons; The New Professionals; Texts in Circulation; An Empire of Writing; Chapter 8. Acts of Comparison; Comparative Cases of Other Vernacular Literatures
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| ISBN | 9780674055230
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