An edition of Aesopic conversations (2010)
Aesopic conversations
popular tradition, cultural dialogue, and the invention of Greek prose
By Leslie Kurke
Publish Date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
eng
Pages
504
Description:
Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. This book explores the anonymous Life of Aesop. Leslie Kurke argues that the traditions surrounding this strange text, when read with and against the works of Greek high culture, allow us to reconstruct an ongoing conversation of "great" and "little" traditions spanning centuries. --from publisher description.
subjects: Popular culture and literature, Literature and society, Literary form, Aesop's fables, Popular culture, History and criticism, Influence, Greek Fables, Greek prose literature, History, Aesop, Greek literature, history and criticism, Popular culture, europe, Fables, history and criticism, Littérature grecque antique, Prose, Esope, Influence exercée, Culture populaire, Esope. "Fables"
People: Aesop
Places: Greece
Times: To 146 B.C., To 1500