The Poetic Style of the Greek Poet Sappho : a Study in Word Playfulness.

By:

Zellner, Harold

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (146 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780773417038
0773417036

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

884.01

LOC classification:

PA4409 .Z45 2010

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Contents:

THE POETIC STYLE OF THE GREEK POET SAPPHO: A Study in Word Playfulness; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One -- Sappho's Wordplay; Chapter Two -- Sapphic Humor; Chapter Three -- Sapphic Rhetoric; Chapter Four -- Sapphic Rhetoric, Continued; Chapter Five -- Sappho's Games of Love; Chapter Six -- Concluding Remarks; Photograph of P. Oxy. 2637 Fr. 35; Appendix; Bibliography; Indices; Index of Names of Persons and Places; Index of Ancient Authors Cited; Subject Index

Summary: This book argues that Sappho?s style is characteristically playful, and that this is probably the best explanation for some problematic features of her text.

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This book argues that Sappho?s style is characteristically playful, and that this is probably the best explanation for some problematic features of her text.