The Textualization of the Greek Alphabet
Roger D. (State University of New York, Buffalo) Woodard
Cambridge University Press, 2014
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This book demonstrates that the earliest Greek users of the alphabet conceived of themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon - in the manner of the oral poets - when they wrote. This book offers a compelling interpretation for the concomitant demise of extemporaneous oral poetic composition and the rise of the alphabet.
- ISBN-13
- 9781107028111
- ISBN-10
- 1107028116
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2014
- Publication date
- 2014-03-24
- Pages
- 384
- Dimensions
- 235x162x27
- Weight
- 676