The Lives of the Greek Poets(English, Paperback, Lefkowitz Mary R.)

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The Lives of the Greek Poets(English, Paperback, Lefkowitz Mary R.) is written by Lefkowitz Mary R. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1780930895 (ISBN 10) and 9781780930893 (ISBN 13).

Mary R. Lefkowitz has extensively revised and rewritten her classic study to introduce a new generation of students to the lives of the Greek poets. Thoroughly updated with references to the most recent scholarship, this second edition includes new material and fresh analysis of the ancient biographies of Greece's most famous poets.With little or no independent historical information to draw on, ancient writers searched for biographical data in the poets' own works and in comic poetry about them. Lefkowitz describes how biographical mythology was created and offers a sympathetic account of how individual biographers reconstructed the poets' lives. She argues that the life stories of Greek poets, even though primarily fictional, still merit close consideration, as they provide modern readers with insight into ancient notions about the creative process and the purpose of poetic composition.