This collection of essays deals with one central problem: who is the "I" in the odes of the ancient Greek poet Pindar? Since antiquity, the complex and allusive language of the first-person statements has provoked many different answers. In First Person Fictions , Lefkowitz describes the function and nature of Pindar's "I"-statements and offers a controversial solution, proposing that the voice of the victory odes is, rather than a changing identity, the voice of the poet himself. Also refuting the traditional belief that ...
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This collection of essays deals with one central problem: who is the "I" in the odes of the ancient Greek poet Pindar? Since antiquity, the complex and allusive language of the first-person statements has provoked many different answers. In First Person Fictions , Lefkowitz describes the function and nature of Pindar's "I"-statements and offers a controversial solution, proposing that the voice of the victory odes is, rather than a changing identity, the voice of the poet himself. Also refuting the traditional belief that the odes were sung by a chorus, Lefkowitz shows that in most cases they were sung as solos in the tradition of the Homeric bards. Extensively rewritten since their publication as articles, these essays are sure to provide a controversial and stimulating approach to the study of Pindar.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0198146868. DJ has very minor shelfwear else Fine.; 240 pages; This collection of essays, written over a period of almost thirty years, deals with one problem: who is the 'I' in the odes of the most celebrated ancient Greek poet, Pindar? Since antiquity, the complex and allusive language of the first-person statements has provoked many different answers. Professor Lefkowitz describes the function and nature of Pindar's 'I'-statements and proposes a controversial solution that would cause some histories of Greek literature to be rewritten. Rather than accept the view that the identity of the speaker could be subject to instant and unannounced change, she proposes that the voice of the victory odes is the poet himself, in his most professional persona. Professor Lefkowitz also refutes the traditional belief that the odes were sung by a chorus. She shows that in most, if not all cases, they were sung as solos and that Pindar was continuing the tradition established by the Homeric bards.
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