The First Poets: Lives of the Ancient Greek Poets - Hardcover
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"...solid, fascinating and detailed new book... this may be the best of this year's Olympic related publishing." (FINANCIAL TIMES MAGAZINE )
"The intention of this book is laudable - biographical and critical introductions to the Ancient Greek non-dramatic poets for the non-specialist reader - and Schmidt is always erudite and often engaging... Schmidt's enthusiasm is palpable and he certainly succeeds in fleshing out little-known writers from their fragmentary remains." (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY )
"an important new study" (ROBERT MCCRUM OBSERVER )
"Every poet should buy a copy of this book to keep on their bookshelves. And, when the occasion arises, they should throw it at the cynic who may try to ignore or demean them." (THE INDEPENDENT )
"Engagingly knockabout... enjoyable stuff." --SPECTATOR
"These poets are a gift to speculative minds... Schmidt's invocation of the Muses at the start of this project is beguiling. Here is a poet writing about poets." --THE TABLET
"an accessible and fascinating overview of this flourishing literary period" --THE OBSERVER
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"The intention of this book is laudable - biographical and critical introductions to the Ancient Greek non-dramatic poets for the non-specialist reader - and Schmidt is always erudite and often engaging... Schmidt's enthusiasm is palpable and he certainly succeeds in fleshing out little-known writers from their fragmentary remains." (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY )
"an important new study" (ROBERT MCCRUM OBSERVER )
"Every poet should buy a copy of this book to keep on their bookshelves. And, when the occasion arises, they should throw it at the cynic who may try to ignore or demean them." (THE INDEPENDENT )
"Engagingly knockabout... enjoyable stuff." --SPECTATOR
"These poets are a gift to speculative minds... Schmidt's invocation of the Muses at the start of this project is beguiling. Here is a poet writing about poets." --THE TABLET
"an accessible and fascinating overview of this flourishing literary period" --THE OBSERVER
A dazzling literary exploration by acclaimed poet and critic Michael Schmidt, The First Poets brings to life the great Greek poets who gave our poetic tradition its first bearings and whose works have had an enduring influence on our literature and our imagination.
Starting with the legendary Orpheus and the possibly mythical Homer, Schmidt conjures a host of our literary forebears. From Hipponax, 'the dirty old man of poetry', to Theocritus, the father of pastoral; from Sappho, who threw herself from a cliff for love, to Hesiod, who claimed a visit from the Muses – the stories in The First Poets masterfully merge fact and conjecture into animated and compelling portraits of our cultural ancestors.
'Every poet should buy a copy of this book to keep on their bookshelves. And, when the occasion arises, they should throw it at the cynic who may try to ignore or demean them' Independent.
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- VerlagHead of Zeus
- Erscheinungsdatum2016
- ISBN 10 1784975974
- ISBN 13 9781784975975
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten416
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