K. Gutzwiller, A Guide to Hellenistic Literature,

Kathryn Gutzwiller, A Guide to Hellenistic Literature, Malden, MA:  Blackwell Publishing, coll. "Blackwell Guides
to Classical Literature", 2007, xv-261p. 

Hardback, ISBN:  978-0-631-23321-3.  

Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-631-23322-0.

Recension par Chad Matthew Schroeder (Emory University) dans Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.11.18

Présentation de l'éditeur:

 This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period.
A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC
Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual and literary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature was produced
Introduces the major writers and genres of the period
Provides information about style, meter and languages to aid readers with no prior knowledge of the language in understanding technical aspects of literary Greek
Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenistic criticism, including audience reception, the political and social background, and Hellenistic theories of literature.

Sommaire:

Preface
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1    History and Culture
     1.1    The Successors
     1.2    Macedonia and Greece
     1.3    Seleucid Asia
     1.4    Attalid Pergamum
     1.5    Ptolemaic Egypt
Chapter 2    Aesthetics and Style
     2.1    Aesthetic Principles
     2.2    Meter, Dialect, and Diction
     2.3    Literature as Artefact
Chapter 3    Authors and Genres
     3.1    Menander
     3.2    Callimachus
     3.3    Apollonius
     3.4    Theocritus and the Other Bucolic Poets
     3.5    Didactic Poetry
     3.6    Epigrams
     3.7    Dramatic Poetry
     3.8    Parodic and Philosophical Literature
     3.9    Polybius
     3.10    Technical Prose Writing
Chapter 4 Topics in Hellenistic Literature
      4.1     Learning and Innovation
     4.2     Book Culture and Performance
     4.3     Social and Political Background
     4.4     The Critical Impulse
     4.5     Reception in Rome
Suggested Reading
Bibliography
Index