Anne Mackay, Ph.D. (1984) in Classics, Victoria University of Wellington, is Professor of Classics at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. Her publications include specialist studies of ancient Greek vase-painting as well as comparative analyses of vase-painting and oral literature.
'Here is a fine book of up-to-date criticism...Attractively written
and produced, andy classicist will profit from it.'
Barry B. Powell, Scholia Reviews, 2000.
'If one hasn't followed recent developments in oral theory as
applied to the classical era, this handy collection will bring you
up to date on much of the wide variety of current activity. The
volume is quite intriguing in its considerable breadth and
diversity, a partial microcosm of much of our profession.'
Bruce Louden, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1999.
'This book is an exceptionally important collection of papers
originally delivered at a conference entitled "Epos and Logos"…This
book's greatest contribution in its radical challenge to the static
definitions of oral and literate as mutually exlcusive modes of
creation. It is likely to have a far-reaching impact on the studies
of "oral" poetry as well as of "written" texts.'
Naoko Yamagata, The Classical Review, 2001.
'The book will interest many different types of scholars, and every
library should own a copy.'
Jonathan Burgess, Religious Studies Review, 2001.
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