Greek Elegy and Iambus by William Allan

Greek Elegy and Iambus by William Allan

Elegy and iambus are major forms of Greek literature which are crucial to understanding the Archaic and early Classical periods in particular. This edition gathers work by ten poets: two iambic (Semonides and Hipponax), six elegiac (Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus, Theognis, Xenophanes, Simonides), and two writing in both forms (Archilochus and Solon). It explores a representative sample of each poet's surviving work, while also highlighting their variety, and provides an up-to-date commentary on major pieces, including recent discoveries such as Simonides' Plataea elegy and Archilochus' Telephus elegy. The wide-ranging Introduction discusses such issues as poet and persona, contexts of performance, and various cultural themes (expansion and contact with foreign cultures, social and political revolution, sexuality and gender, rationalism) as well as language, style, metre, and textual transmission. The volume will be of interest to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to scholars of early Greek literature and cultural history.

'Readers with WA's book in hand will be well equipped to deal with the riches of Greek elegy and iambus' Krystyna Bartol, Exemplaria Classica
'Allan's commentary is sensitive and well-edited and will offer good guidance to those who want to learn about, or embark on research on, aspects of the history of early Greek iambus and elegy.' Demetrios Yatromanolakes, EIRENE: Studia Graeca et Latina

Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, William Allan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University's School of Journalism. He moved west and started a career with newspapers that lasted nearly 30 years. Most of that time was spent at The Leader-Post, the daily newspaper in Regina, Saskatchewan. He retired in 2008 and lives with the love of his life Abby Ulmer and their cat Toby in Regina. William self published his first book, Four Murders in a Small Town, a short fictional crime story, in 2016. William followed that up later in 2016 with How to Self Publish Inexpensive Books and Ebooks, which he wrote after his trial and error ordeal getting his first book printed and sold. He wanted to help first-time authors avoid that and help them choose a publisher and sell their books within their budget. He also researched the many printers and publishers in order to expand his second book beyond just his own experience. In early 2018, William wrote Justice Preserved, a collection of 12 fictional crime stories. He also wrote and published, in spring 2018, a fully updated U.S. edition of his second book to try to help American first-time authors get published. Will William write and publish more books? Living on a fixed income, it would be a challenge to publish another book, he said recently. We won't be taking a vacation in 2018 so I can publish my third and fourth books. I'm using my royalties from my first two books to help pay the cost of my two 2018 books. William's book publishing future is unclear. If this is his final book, first-time authors should be glad he devoted his last book to them and their success. And William couldn't have written a better book, earning a five-star review for his final effort.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781107559974
ISBN 10	1107559979
Title	Greek Elegy and Iambus
Author	William Allan
Series	Cambridge Greek And Latin Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2019-08-29
Number of pages	264
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.