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03626aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 C37358181E3F11EAA58222FC96128E48 003 SILO 005 20191214010106 008 180903s2019 enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780198833154 020 $a 0198833156 035 $a (OCoLC)1050363199 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BXM $d YDXIT $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PN4151 $b .A88 2019 082 04 $a 480 100 1 $a Attridge, Derek, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83039429 245 14 $a The experience of poetry : $b from Homer's listeners to Shakespeare's readers / $c Derek Attridge. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xiii, 445 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 8 $a "Was the experience of poetry-or a cultural practice we now call poetry-continuously available across the two-and-a-half millennia from the composition of the Homeric epics to the publication of Ben Jonson's Works and the death of Shakespeare in 1616? How did the pleasure afforded by the crafting of language into memorable and moving rhythmic forms play a part in the lives of hearers and readers in Ancient Greece and Rome, Europe during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and Britain during the Renaissance? 0In tackling these questions, this book first examines the evidence for the performance of the Iliad and the Odyssey and of Ancient Greek lyric poetry, the impact of the invention of writing on Alexandrian verse, the performances of poetry that characterized Ancient Rome, and the private and public venues for poetic experience in Late Antiquity. It moves on to deal with medieval verse, exploring the oral traditions that spread across Europe in the vernacular languages, the place of manuscript transmission, the shift from roll to codex and from papyrus to parchment, and the changing audiences for poetry. A final part investigates the experience of poetry in the English Renaissance, from the manuscript verse of Henry VIII's court to the anthologies and collections of the late Elizabethan era.0Among the topics considered in this part are the importance of the printed page, the continuing significance of manuscript circulation, the performance of poetry in pageants and progresses, and the appearance of poets on the Elizabethan stage. In tracking both continuity and change across these many centuries, the book throws fresh light on the role and importance of poetry in western culture"--Back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a An account of the performance of poetry from late Antiquity to the Renaissance that explores the role and importance of poetry in western culture. 650 0 $a Performance poetry $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Performance poetry $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Poetry, Ancient $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Poetry, Medieval $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109418 650 0 $a Poetry $y 16th century $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Performance poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01736512 650 7 $a Poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01067691 650 7 $a Poetry, Ancient. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01067762 650 7 $a Poetry, Medieval. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01067764 648 7 $a 1500-1599 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214021118.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C37358181E3F11EAA58222FC96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search