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Author Walsh, George B., 1946-

Title The varieties of enchantment : early Greek views of the nature and function of poetry / George B. Walsh.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1984]
©1984

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  881.01 WALSH    DUE 05-11-24
Description ix, 170 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ch. 1. Truth and the psychology of the audience: Homer -- ch. 2. Truth and the psychology of the audience: Hesiod -- ch. 3. The technique of piety: Pindar -- ch. 4. Magical figures: Aeschylus and the meaning of style -- ch. 5. Invisible bodies: Gorgias, Aristophanes, and Euripides, and the nature of language -- ch. 6. Enchanting praises: Euripides and the uses of song.
Subject Greek literature -- History and criticism.
Poetics.
ISBN 0807815764
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