Listening to poets read their work focuses critical attention on the craft of the poem, while raising questions about the relationship between social history, technology, and the poet's "voice." Recorded Poetry and Poetic Reception from Edna Millay to the Circle of Robert Lowell…
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"This book offers the first interdisciplinary study of the cultural practices and ideological paradigms that conditioned the politics of the "reading" of Sappho's songs in the early and most pivotal stages of her reception. In this synthesis, Dimitrios Yatromanolakis investigate…
A discussion of how ancient Greek bards ensured that their poetry would reach audiences of various backgrounds.
"In a book that describes how men and women, young and adult, sang or recited in public settings, Stehle looks at poetry as an occasion for the performer's self-presentation. By discussing a wide range of pre-Hellenistic poetry, including Sappho's, and comparing how men and wome…
