The Language of Objects: Deixis in Descriptive Greek Epigrams

By Federica Scicolone

The Language of Objects sheds new light on the sub-genre of Greek descriptive epigram, focusing on deictic reference as a springboard to understand three different approaches to the materiality of texts: imagination-oriented deixis, pointing to referents conjured in the reader's mind; ocular deixis, addressing perceivable referents; displaced deixis, underscoring the subjective response of readers/viewers. Uniquely combining overlooked verse-inscriptions and well-known literary and inscribed texts, which are freshly re-examined through a cognitive lens, this volume explores the evolution of deixis in descriptive epigrams dating from the pre-Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. With its original analysis, the book pushes forward the study of Greek epigram and current understanding of deixis in ancient poetry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004545506
• ISBN13: 9789004545502
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"