When a Gesture Was Expected: A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical

Description: When a Gesture Was Expected by Alan L. Boegehold Encourages an appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When a Gesture Was Expected encourages a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. All these works anticipated performing readers, and, as a result, they included prompts, places where a gesture could complete a sentence or amplify or comment on the written words. In this radical and highly accessible book, Alan Boegehold urges all readers to supplement the traditional avenues of classical philology with an awareness of the uses of nonverbal communication in Hellenic antiquity. This additional resource helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. It also imparts a living breath to these immortal texts. Where part of a work appears to be missing, or the syntax is irregular, or the words seem contradictory or perverse--without evidence of copyists errors or physical damage--an ancient author may have been assuming that a performing reader would make the necessary clarifying gesture.Boegehold offers analyses of many such instances in selected passages ranging from Homer to Aeschylus to Plato. He also presents a review of sources of information about such gestures in antiquity as well as thirty illustrations, some documenting millennia-long continuities in nonverbal communication. Author Biography Alan L. Boegehold, Professor of Classics, teaches Latin and Greek at Brown University. Within recent years he has published Agora 28. The Lawcourts at Athens; Athenian Identity and Civic Ideology, with Adele Scafuro; and In Simple Clothes, translations into English of eleven poems by Constantine Cavafy. Review "In this nearly organized, well written, and lucid study on non-verbal communication in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature, Professor Alan Boegehold offers interesting and helpful insights into the understanding of passages in both poetry and prose . . . ."---James J. Clauss, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"There is much to praise in this book. It has an original and creative thesis that provides new insight into some old problems . . . Boegehold makes many perceptive and significant observations. . . . This study is an excellent model of how to tease out new meaning from familiar texts."---Gregory S. Aldrete, Classical World Long Description When a Gesture Was Expected encourages a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. All these works anticipated performing readers, and, as a result, they included prompts, places where a gesture could complete a sentence or amplify or comment on the written words. In this radical and highly accessible book, Alan Boegehold urges all readers to supplement the traditional avenues of classical philology with an awareness of the uses of nonverbal communication in Hellenic antiquity. This additional resource helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. It also imparts a living breath to these immortal texts. Where part of a work appears to be missing, or the syntax is irregular, or the words seem contradictory or perverse--without evidence of copyists errors or physical damage--an ancient author may have been assuming that a performing reader would make the necessary clarifying gesture.Boegehold offers analyses of many such instances in selected passages ranging from Homer to Aeschylus to Plato. He also presents a review of sources of information about such gestures in antiquity as well as thirty illustrations, some documenting millennia-long continuities in nonverbal communication. Review Quote "There is much to praise in this book. It has an original and creative thesis that provides new insight into some old problems . . . Boegehold makes many perceptive and significant observations. . . . This study is an excellent model of how to tease out new meaning from familiar texts." ---Gregory S. Aldrete, Classical World Details ISBN0691242224 Author Alan L. Boegehold Publisher Princeton University Press Format Paperback Year 2022 ISBN-13 9780691242224 Publication Date 2022-12-13 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2022-12-13 US Release Date 2022-12-13 UK Release Date 2022-12-13 ISBN-10 0691242224 Subtitle A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature Illustrations 30 b/w illus. DEWEY 880.9353 Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9780691002637 AU Release Date 2023-01-14 Pages 200 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161698746;

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