{"product_id":"the-poetics-of-imitation-anacreon-and-the-anacreontic-tradition-paperback-9780521028981","title":"The Poetics of Imitation; Anacreon and the Anacreontic Tradition (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521028981","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Poetics of Imitation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnacreon and the Anacreontic Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1992 book explores the complex poetics of imitation which inspired anacreontic composition for so many centuries in antiquity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatricia A. Rosenmeyer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521028981, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An excellent presentation of an interesting but neglected subject, this work should prove invaluable to students of the classics and Western European literature.\" Antonía Tripolitis, Religious Studies Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWestern literature knows the anacreontic poems best in the translations or adaptations of such poets as Ronsard, Herrick and Goethe. This collection of poems, once assumed to be the work of Anacreon himself, was considered unworthy of serious attention after the poems were proved to be late Hellenistic and early Roman imitations by anonymous writers. This full-length treatment of the anacreontic corpus, first published in 1992, explores the complex poetics of imitation which inspired anacreontic composition for so many centuries in antiquity. The author reassesses Anacreon's own oeuvre, and then discusses the system of selective imitation practised by the anacreontic poets. The book explores what light the corpus can shed on ancient literary genres, intertextual influences, and the literary manifestations of symposiastic and erotic ideals in a post-classical society which looks back to an archaic model as its guiding force.A full translation of the anacreontic collection is included as an appendix and all Greek and Latin is translated.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: the anacreontic question\u003cbr\u003e 1. Origins: the role of Anacreon as model\u003cbr\u003e 2. Anacreontic imitators: the model revised\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reading the texts: a sterile abundance of words\u003cbr\u003e 4. The anacreontic anthology\u003cbr\u003e 5. The allusive text\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: Byzantium and beyond\u003cbr\u003e Appendices: A. Repetition in the anacreontics\u003cbr\u003e B. Register of key anacreontic words\u003cbr\u003e C. A translation of the anacreontic poems\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of passages cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46006211019032,"sku":"9780521028981","price":38.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521028981i_49c08060-bf41-4400-bbd4-284908144765.jpg?v=1694964840","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-poetics-of-imitation-anacreon-and-the-anacreontic-tradition-paperback-9780521028981","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}