Politics of orality / edited by Craig Cooper.

• Superior document: Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; v. 6
• TeilnehmendeR: Cooper, Craig R. 1960-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Orality and literacy in ancient Greece ; v. 6.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 280.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume represents the sixth in the series on Orality and Literacy in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. The present work comprises a collection of essays that explore the tensions and controversies that arise as a society moves from an oral to literate culture. Part 1 deals with both Homeric and other forms of epic; part 2 explores different ways in which texts and writing were manipulated for political ends. Part 3 and 4 deals with the controversies surrounding the adoption of writing as the accepted mode of communication; whereas some segments of society began to privilege writing over oral communication, others continued to maintain that the latter was superior. Part 4 looks at the oral elements of Athenian Law.

Table of Contents

pt. I. Epic, orality and politics -- pt. II. Political manipulation of texts -- pt. III. The oral and written controversy : privileging literacy -- pt. IV. The oral and written controversy : privileging orality -- pt. V. Orality and written law.