Choral Constructions in Greek Culture
The Idea of the Chorus in the Poetry, Art and Social Practices of the Archaic and Early Classical Period
Deborah Tarn Steiner
Choral Constructions in Greek Culture
The Idea of the Chorus in the Poetry, Art and Social Practices of the Archaic and Early Classical Period
Deborah Tarn Steiner
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'… attractive and wide-ranging book … Steiner approaches ancient “chorality” first through a systematic examination on common verbal and visual metaphors (stars, dolphins, cranes, satyrs), and then by exploring ways in which dance was implicated in social aspects of Greek life and how viewers responded to it.' Armand D'Angour, Choral Constructions in Greek Literature
'… attractive and wide-ranging book … Steiner approaches ancient “chorality” first through a systematic examination on common verbal and visual metaphors (stars, dolphins, cranes, satyrs), and then by exploring ways in which dance was implicated in social aspects of Greek life and how viewers responded to it.' Armand D'Angour, Choral Constructions in Greek Literature
'At over seven hundred pages, this tome is rich with sources and ideas … The basic idea that a chorus has a complex materiality is powerful. Scholars will find here a trove of useful ideas and associations about that materiality.' Daniel Anderson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Deborah Tarn Steiner is the John Jay Professor of Greek in the Classics Department of Columbia University; her work focuses on archaic and early Classical Greek poetry, art and architecture and treats intersections between the different media. Earlier publications include articles on lyric poetry and archaic artefacts and books on metaphor in Pindar, myths and images of writing in early Greece, representations of sculpted images in Greek poets, philosophers and prose writers and a commentary on two books of the Odyssey.
'… attractive and wide-ranging book … Steiner approaches ancient “chorality” first through a systematic examination on common verbal and visual metaphors (stars, dolphins, cranes, satyrs), and then by exploring ways in which dance was implicated in social aspects of Greek life and how viewers responded to it.' Armand D'Angour, Choral Constructions in Greek Literature
'At over seven hundred pages, this tome is rich with sources and ideas … The basic idea that a chorus has a complex materiality is powerful. Scholars will find here a trove of useful ideas and associations about that materiality.' Daniel Anderson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Deborah Tarn Steiner is the John Jay Professor of Greek in the Classics Department of Columbia University; her work focuses on archaic and early Classical Greek poetry, art and architecture and treats intersections between the different media. Earlier publications include articles on lyric poetry and archaic artefacts and books on metaphor in Pindar, myths and images of writing in early Greece, representations of sculpted images in Greek poets, philosophers and prose writers and a commentary on two books of the Odyssey.