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Politics of Orality: Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece, Vol. 6

Politics of Orality: Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece, Vol. 6

Cooper, Craig

Hardcover

Literary CriticismAncient History General

ISBN10: 9004145400
ISBN13: 9789004145405
Publisher: Brill
Published: Nov 29 2006
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.90
Height: 1.11 Width: 6.54 Depth: 9.58
Language: English
This volume represents the sixth in the series on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. The present work comprises a collection of essays that explore the tensions and controversies that arise as a society moves from an oral to literate culture. Part 1 deals with both Homeric and other forms of epic; part 2 explores different ways in which texts and writing were manipulated for political ends. Part 3 and 4 deals with the controversies surrounding the adoption of writing as the accepted mode of communication; whereas some segments of society began to privilege writing over oral communication, others continued to maintain that the latter was superior. Part 4 looks at the oral elements of Athenian Law.

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