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OverviewIn the four centuries leading up to the death of Euripides, Greek singers, poets, and theorists delved deeply into auditory experience. They charted its capacity to develop topologies distinct from those of the other senses; contemplated its use as a communicator of information; calculated its power to express and cause extreme emotion. They made sound too, artfully and self-consciously creating songs and poems that reveled in sonorousness. Dissonance reveals the commonalities between ancient Greek auditory art and the concerns of contemporary sound studies, avant-garde music, and aesthetics, making the argument that ""classical"" Greek song and drama were, in fact, an early European avant-garde, a proto-exploration of the aesthetics of noise. The book thus develops an alternative to that romantic ideal which sees antiquity as a frozen and silent world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sean Alexander GurdPublisher: Fordham University Press Imprint: Fordham University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780823269655ISBN 10: 0823269655 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 July 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsGCGBPDissonance is an impressive achievement. Gurd is clearly highly conversant with the entirety of the ancient Greek literary tradition.GC[yen] GCoJohn T. Hamilton, Harvard University Dissonance is an impressive achievement. Gurd is clearly highly conversant with the entirety of the ancient Greek literary tradition. -John T. Hamilton, Harvard University Dissonance is an impressive achievement. Gurd is clearly highly conversant with the entirety of the ancient Greek literary tradition. -- -John T. Hamilton * Harvard University * Dissonance is a thrilling read and a reminder of what our ears are for. I finished the book ears buzzing: superb readings bringing sound to the surface of consciousness alternate with memorable phrases and new readings of famous passages. * -Pauline A. LeVen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Dissonance is an impressive achievement. Gurd is clearly highly conversant with the entirety of the ancient Greek literary tradition. ----John T. Hamilton, Harvard University Dissonance is a thrilling read and a reminder of what our ears are for. I finished the book ears buzzing: superb readings bringing sound to the surface of consciousness alternate with memorable phrases and new readings of famous passages. * -Pauline A. LeVen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Dissonance is an impressive achievement. Gurd is clearly highly conversant with the entirety of the ancient Greek literary tradition. -- -John T. Hamilton Harvard University Dissonance is an impressive achievement. Gurd is clearly highly conversant with the entirety of the ancient Greek literary tradition. -John T. Hamilton, Harvard University Author InformationSean Alexander Gurd is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the author of Iphigenias at Aulis: Textual Multiplicity, Radical Philology and Work in Progress: Literary Revision as Social Performance in Ancient Rome. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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