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Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature

Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature

Powell, Barry B.

Hardcover

Literary CriticismGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 0521782066
ISBN13: 9780521782067
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 5 2002
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.29 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
The purpose of this book is to dispel misunderstanding about the genesis of the Homeric poems and other knotty problems in oral studies, such as the meaning of orality, literacy, tradition, memorization, and text. The study is about the nature and history of writing--how it was used in the Ancient Near East, and especially in Greece, and its relationship to Homer. It suggests that a Semite invented the Greek alphabet, heir to an ancient bilingual Eastern tradition of recording poetry by dictation.

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