Entering the Agon

Elton T. E. (Lecturer in Classics, The Open University) Barker

Oxford University Press, 2009

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A study of the changing representations of debate, or agon, across and within classical Greek epic, historiography, and tragedy. Elton T. E. Barker shows the importance of debate to these key genres and also the role of literature in the construction of a citizen body through the exploration, reproduction and management of dissent from authority.

ISBN-13
9780199542710
ISBN-10
0199542716
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2009
Publication date
2009-01-22
Pages
448
Dimensions
226x145x30
Weight
672