Sound, Sense, and Rhythm (ebook)

Argumento de Sound, Sense, and Rhythm (ebook)

"This lively and often fascinating exposition of the sound of ancient poetry and its relation to sense and meaning, especially as perceived by the listening audience, is relevant to anyone who tries to understand ancient literature in context. . . . [T]his book is enlightening for both scholars and general readers of the classics, indeed for those interested in the relation between sound and sense in any literature and for lovers of the poetry of any culture."--Jonathan J. Price, Religious Studies Review

"If by this book [Edwards] succeeds in heightening sensitivity to the features which he seeks to recuperate, he will indeed have done good service to his peers and successors . . . and have given renewed hope for the continued vitality of ancient Greek and Latin literature."--Michael W. Haslam, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Sound, Sense, and Rhythm is superb. Among its many virtues are a remarkable mastery of technical aspects of ancient verse, providing a treasurehouse of information for classicists and other professionals; the excellent use of modern and/or contemporary literature to help explain ancient practice, and the clear and graceful writing."--Thomas Van Nortwick, Oberlin College

"Mark Edwards provides an extraordinarily sensitive and intelligent reading of the poems on which he focuses. Every classroom instructor teaching Greek or Roman poetic texts deserves the opportunity to read his book, both for its wonderful particulars and for its important general principles."--Steven Fineberg, Knox College0Preface ix
CHAPTER ONE: Homer I: Poetry and Speech 1
The Older Discoveries: Frankel and Parry 2
The New Theories. Functional Grammar and the Grammar of Speech 9
Homeric Style in Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur 14
Homeric Style in the Duels of Achilles 18
CHAPTER TWO: Homer 11: Scenes and Summaries 38
The Book Divisions 39
The Paragraph Divisions 47
Joining Episode to Episode 53
Continuity and Oral Poetics 58
CHAPTER THREE: Music and Meaning in Three Songs of Aeschylus 62
The First Choral Song (Agamemnon 104-257) 71
The Second Choral Song (Agamemnon 367-488) 81
The Third Choral Song (Agamemnon 681-781) 88
The Rest of the Agamemnon, and of the Trilogy 95
CHAPTER FOUR: Poetry in the Latin Language 99
Latin Word Order 99
Ambiguity in Latin Verse 105
Propertius 1.19 109
AFTERWORD 125
APPENDIX A: Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur 129
APPENDIX B: "" Continuity in Mrs. Dalloway 149
APPENDIX C: The Performance of Homeric Episodes 151
APPENDIX D: Classical Meters in Modern English Verse 166
REFERENCES 179
INDEX 189