Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature

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Writing and the Origins of Greek LiteratureProfessor Powell ties the origin and nature of archaic Greek literature to the special technology of Greek alphabetic writing. In building his model he presents chapters on specialized topics text, orality, myth, literacy, tradition and memorization and then shows how such special topics relate to larger issues of cultural transmission from East to West. Several chapters are devoted to the theory and history of writing, its definition and general

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