Textual Criticism, Medieval European Literature - Literary Criticism, Oral Tradition & Storytelling, Ancient Greek Poetry - Literary Criticism, Greco-Roman Folklore & Mythology, Ancient Roman Poetry - Literary Criticism, Mythology in Literature, General &
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From the introduction of the phonetic alphabet in eighth-century B.C. Greece to the advent of movable type and printing in the middle 15th century, points out Campbell (English, Drake U., Iowa), most people were not literate, and rather than reading and writing literature, they listened and dictated it. He examines this process of performing and processing texts, a residue of orality, as it applies to Virgil's Latin epic during the Middle Ages. He focuses mostly on linguistics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
August 1, 2001
Publisher
New York : P. Lang, 2001.
Pages
180
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820452661