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OverviewGreek literature is divided, like many literatures, into poetry and prose, but in Greek the difference between them is not that all prose is devoid of firm rhythmic patterning. In the earlier Roman Empire, from 31 BC to about AD 300, much Greek (and Latin) prose was actually written to follow one organized rhythmic system. How much Greek prose adopted this patterning has hitherto been quite unclear; the present volume for the first time establishes an answer on an adequate basis: substantial data drawn from numerous authors. It constitutes the first extensive study of prose-rhythm in later Greek literature.The book focuses particularly on one of the greatest Imperial works: Plutarch's Lives. It rests on a scansion of the whole work, almost 100,000 phrases. Rhythm is seen to make a vital contribution to the literary analysis of Plutarch's writing, and prose-rhythm is revealed as a means of expression, which draws attention to words and word-groups. Some passages in the Lives pack rhythms together more closely than others; much of the discussion concentrates on such rhythmically dense passages, examining them in detail in commentary form. These passages do not occur randomly, but attract attention to themselves. They are marked out as climactic in the narrative, or as in other ways of highlighted significance: joyful summations, responses to catastrophe, husbands and wives, fathers and sons compared. These remarkable passages make apparent the greatness of Plutarch as a prose-writer - a side of him fairly little considered amid the huge resurgence of work on Plutarch as an author and as a major historical source. Some passages from three Greek novelists, both rhythmic and unrhythmic, are closely analysed too. The book demonstrates how rhythm can be integrated with other aspects of criticism, and how it has the ability to open up new vistas on three prolific centuries of literary history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: G. O. Hutchinson (Regius Professor of Greek, Regius Professor of Greek, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.556kg ISBN: 9780198821717ISBN 10: 0198821719 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 26 July 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsHutchinson has also scanned and thought carefully about so many other works of Greek prose that the results of the present study have statistical significance for more Greek prose than Plutarch's. ... Of great value and interest is the accompanying website, where one can hear Hutchinson recite the passages he discusses. Summing up: Recommended * CHOICE * Hutchinson's is not the first book on rhythmic prose, but the data it relies on makes it the most impressive ... [It] is well produced, and shows hardly any typos or infelicities, which is remarkable for a work that contains a fair number of metrical symbols and diacritical signs. All the more reason therefore to recommend it to a broad audience, which may enjoy the subtleties of prose rhythm even more by listening to all the passages analyzed read aloud in accompanying online videos. * Ronald Blankenborg, N/A, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Hutchinson's is not the first book on rhythmic prose, but the data it relies on makes it the most impressive ... [It] is well produced, and shows hardly any typos or infelicities, which is remarkable for a work that contains a fair number of metrical symbols and diacritical signs. All the more reason therefore to recommend it to a broad audience, which may enjoy the subtleties of prose rhythm even more by listening to all the passages analyzed read aloud in accompanying online videos. * Ronald Blankenborg, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Hutchinson has also scanned and thought carefully about so many other works of Greek prose that the results of the present study have statistical significance for more Greek prose than Plutarch's. ... Of great value and interest is the accompanying website, where one can hear Hutchinson recite the passages he discusses. Summing up: Recommended * CHOICE * Hutchinson has also scanned and thought carefully about so many other works of Greek prose that the results of the present study have statistical significance for more Greek prose than Plutarch's. ... Of great value and interest is the accompanying website, where one can hear Hutchinson recite the passages he discusses. Summing up: Recommended * CHOICE * Author InformationProfessor G. O. Hutchinson studied at Balliol College, Oxford, as an undergraduate, then took up a position at Christ Church as a Research Lecturer. In 1984 he became Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Exeter College, Oxford, and in 1998 Professor of Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, before being appointed to the Regius Chair of Greek in 2015 and returning to Christ Church. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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