Ancient Greek LiteratureISBN: 978-0-7456-2792-2
Paperback
296 pages
August 2004, Polity
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"We have long needed an up-to-date survey of Greek literature as
an expression of Greek culture, and Whitmarsh has provided us with
an outstanding introduction. He covers a wide range of texts, and
employs the latest methods of literary and cultural analysis. His
mastery of these approaches is apparent on every page, as he
elegantly discusses questions of class, gender, the public versus
the private sphere, oral versus written traditions, and much
else."
David Konstan, Brown University
"Ancient Greek Literature is a scintillating discussion
of the central issues and themes that cluster around literary
texts. Whitmarsh?s own literary style is aptly pungent, witty and
probing, and his focus on texts as battlegrounds of power
relationships or sites of social dispute will surely prove as
provocative and challenging as it is intended to be. Among his many
other original findings is his notion of the "archive": that is,
the creation, from the fifth century BCE onwards, of a defined body
of texts and set of institutions devoted to fostering the Greeks?
sense of literature?s central place in defining their identity. The
chronological discussion is complemented by four thematic chapters
that systematically explore the topics of cultural identity, the
place allocated to women, gender issues and images of the
subordinated classes of the poor and unfree."
Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge