{"product_id":"beginnings-in-classical-literature-paperback-9780521124560","title":"Beginnings in Classical Literature (Paperback) 9780521124560","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeginnings in Classical Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume explores the various ways in which literary works begin, with essays on nearly all the major genres of Greek and Latin literature.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrancis M. Dunn (Edited by), Thomas Cole (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521124560, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 10 December 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe ways in which literary works begin have proved fascinating to readers and critics at least since Aristophanes. This collection of essays gives life to a topic of perennial interest by presenting a variety of original readings in nearly all the major genres of Greek and Latin literature. The subjects of these essays range from narrative voices in the opening of the Odyssey to ideological reasons for Tacitus' choice of a beginning in the Histories, and from a survey of opening devices in Greek poetry to the playwright's negotiations with the audience in Roman comedy. Other papers discuss 'false starts' in Gorgias and Herodotus, the prologues of Greek tragedy, Plato's 'frame' dialogues, delayed proems in Virgil, the role of the patron in Horace, aristocratic beginnings in Seneca, and 'inappropriate' prefaces in Plutarch. By embracing a variety of authors and a broad range of approaches, from formal analysis of opening devices to post-structural interpretation, these twelve contributions by both younger and established scholars offer an exciting new perspective on beginnings in classical literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: beginning at Colonus Francis M. Dunn\u003cbr\u003e How Greek poems begin William H. Race\u003cbr\u003e The Muse corrects: the opening of the Odyssey Victoria Pedrick\u003cbr\u003e Sappho 16, Gorgias' Helen and the preface to Herodotus' histories Hayden Pelliccia\u003cbr\u003e Tragic beginnings: narration, voice and authority in the prologues of Greek drama Charles Segal\u003cbr\u003e Plato's first words Diskin Clay\u003cbr\u003e Plautine negotiations: the Poenulus prologue unpacked Niall W. Slater\u003cbr\u003e Proems in the middle Gian Biagio Conte\u003cbr\u003e Openings in Horace's Satires and Odes: poet, patron and audience Barbara K. Gold\u003cbr\u003e An aristocracy of virtue: Seneca on the beginnings of wisdom Thomas N. Habinek\u003cbr\u003e Beginnings in Plutarch's Lives Thomas G. Rosenmeyer\u003cbr\u003e 'Initium mihi operis Servius Galba iterum T. Vinius consules …' Thomas Cole.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000580854040,"sku":"9780521124560","price":31.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521124560i_513c4ca3-72c8-4a92-b36e-74492f1de94f.jpg?v=1691371820","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beginnings-in-classical-literature-paperback-9780521124560","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}