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Hesiod's works and days : how to teach self-sufficiency / Lilah Grace Canevaro

Author:
Canevaro, Lilah Grace
Published:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:
First edition.
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Two Reading Traditions: Linear and Excerpting -- 1.1.`I shall tell another story, well and skilfully' (Op. 106--7): Performing the Works and Days -- 1.2.`Lay these things in your heart' (Op. 274): Using the Works and Days -- 1.3.`Earth, mother of all, brings forth her varied fruits once again' (Op. 563): Continuity in the Works and Days -- 2.Two Structuring Strategies: Detaching and Tethering -- 2.1.`I will tell true things to Perses' (Op. 10): Hesiod and Tradition -- 2.2.`Because of your good qualities, you will be made into an example for them' (Counsels of Wisdom 23): The Hesiod Stamp -- 2.3.`Whatever sort of man you are by fortune' (Op. 314): What Makes an Excerpt -- 2.4.`When the year goes round again' (Op. 386): Time and Tethering -- 3.Two Ideals: Self-Sufficiency and Didacticism -- 3.1.`At home is better, since the outside is more harmful' (Op. 365): The Ideal of Self-Sufficiency -- 3.2.`Obey the elder brother' (Counsels of Wisdom 54): Hesiod and Perses -- 3.3.`The man who thinks of everything himself (Op. 293): A Model of Self-Sufficiency -- 3.4.`He who believes a woman, believes a cheat' (Op. 375): Women -- 3.5.`From holy Greece to Troy of the beautiful women' (Op. 653): Genre -- 4.Didactic Methods -- 4.1.`It is better to take the road on the other side, that to justice' (Op. 216--17): Choice -- 4.2.`Among these Kronos is king, for the father of men and gods freed him' (Op. 173a--b): Hesiod and Tradition Revisited -- 4.3.`Let what you say be very precious' (Counsels of Wisdom 27): Language -- 4.4.`There was not only one race of Strife on the earth, but there are two' (Op. 11--12): Complex Concepts -- 4.5.`Afterwards his race is left more obscure' (Op. 284): The Long Run -- 4.6.`Fool, he does not know' (Op. 456): Didactic Authority -- 4.7.`In the same measure, or even more' (Op. 350): Self-Sufficiency and Reciprocity -- 5.Filling the Gaps -- 5.1.`For if you should add even a little to a little' (Op. 361): Selling Points -- 5.2.`It brings to mind what one has forgotten' (Counsels of Wisdom 40): Comparanda -- 5.3.`When the jar is just opened or nearly empty, take your fill' (Op. 368): Conclusions.
Summary:
Hesiod's 'Works and Days' was often performed in its entirety, but was also relentlessly excerpted, quoted, and reapplied. This volume situates the poem within these two modes of reading and argues that the text itself, through Hesiod's complex mechanism of rendering elements detachable whilst tethering them to their context for the purposes of the poem, sustains both treatments.
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ISBN:
9780191796401 (ebook)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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