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Author Havelock, Eric Alfred, author

Title The literate revolution in Greece and its cultural consequences / Eric A. Havelock
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1982

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 362 pages) : illustrations
Series Princeton series of collected essays
Princeton series of collected essays.
Contents The oral and written word: a reappraisal -- Spoken sound and inscribed sign -- The pre-Greek syllabaries -- The Greek alphabet -- Transcription of the code of a non-literate culture -- The character and content of the code -- The ancient art of oral poetry -- The alphabetization of Homer -- The preliteracy of the Greeks -- Thoughtful Hesiod -- Preliteracy and the presocratics -- The oral composition of Greek drama -- Aftermath of the alphabet
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Greek language -- Alphabet.
Oral tradition.
Greek literature -- History and criticism
Oral-formulaic analysis.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Comparative Literature.
Greek language -- Alphabet
Greek literature
Oral-formulaic analysis
Oral tradition
Mondelinge literatuur.
Letterkunde.
Grieks schrift.
Alfabetisme.
Grieks.
Klassieke oudheid.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780691196589
0691196583
0691655685
9780691655680