The stylistic aims of the Alexandrian poets have been much discussed, as has their reliance on literary tradition.First published in 1987, Realism in Alexandrian Poetry covers less familiar ground. Taking the whole canon of Alexandrian poetry as his starting point, Dr Zanker surveys the use of the realistic mode in many such works.
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The stylistic aims of the Alexandrian poets have been much discussed, as has their reliance on literary tradition.First published in 1987, Realism in Alexandrian Poetry covers less familiar ground. Taking the whole canon of Alexandrian poetry as his starting point, Dr Zanker surveys the use of the realistic mode in many such works.
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Add this copy of Realism in Alexandrian Poetry a Literature and Its to cart. $238.00, very good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1987 by Croom Helm.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0709930054. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover else book is fine. Minor shelfwear to DJ else Fine.; Taking as his starting point the whole canon of Alexandrian poetry, Dr Zanker surveys the use of the realistic mode in works like the Idylls of Theocritus, including such matters as the humorous elements of Callimachus' Hymns, the love-story in Apollonius' Argonautica, and the low-life sketches of epyllia like Hecale as well as the Mimes of Herodas.; 280 pages; Contents: Definitions and a Sample; Hellenistic Theory of Pictoral Realism; Practice of Pictoral Realism; Appeal to Science; Ancient Theory and Pre-Alexandrian Practice of Everyday and Low Realism; Everyday and the Low in Alexandrian Poetry.
