 | Modes of Viewing in Hellenistic Poetry and Art Subjects: Art Hellenistic.; Rhetoric Ancient.; Point of view (Literature); Art and literature; Visual perception in literature.; Description (Rhetoric); Greek poetry Hellenistic; Taking a fresh look at the poetry and visual art of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the Romans' defeat of Cleopatra in 30 B.C., Graham Zanker makes enlightening discoveries about the assumptions and conventions of Hellenistic poets and artists and their audiences. Graham Zanker is professor of Classics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He is the author of The Heart of Achilles and Realism in Alexandrian Poetry . |
