Author: KURKE, LESLIE
Title: The Traffic in Praise Pindar and the Poetics of Social Economy
Description: Cornell University Press, 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0801423503. Minor shelfwear to book. Stapled review of book by Gordon M. Kirkwood (signed by him) tipped in. DJ spine sunned. ; Myth and Poetics; 287 pages; Commissioned to celebrate athletic victories in the first half of the fifth century B.C, Pindar's odes have continued to resist interpretation by modern readers. In The Traffic in Praise, Leslie Kurke offers an engaging new reading of the odes within their rich social context and poetic tradition.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0801423503 Poetry & Poets Pindar Greek Literature Social & Cultural Classical Greek & Roman


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