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Music and Metamorphosis in Graeco-Roman Thought
Examines questions raised, in antiquity and now, by mythical narratives about humans transforming into non-human musical beings.
Pauline A. LeVen (Author)
9781107148741, Cambridge University Press
Hardback, published 3 December 2020
228 pages
16 x 23.5 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg
'This book is much more than a well-documented and innovative insight into Greek and Latin traditional narratives of music and metamorphosis in Roman Imperial age. It is the first 'posthumanist' comprehensive review into the deep meanings of musicking between human and non-human animals, the smartest invitation to find new ways of thinking of sound and music in Antiquity, beyond anthropocentrism. A perspective we just can't miss, today!' Donatella Restani, Univesity of Bologna
Where does music come from? What kind of agency does a song have? What is at the root of musical pleasure? Can music die? These are some of the questions the Greeks and the Roma]
Music and Metamorphosis in Graeco-Roman Thought LeVen Hardback 9781107148741
Music and Metamorphosis in Graeco-Roman Thought
Examines questions raised, in antiquity and now, by mythical narratives about humans transforming into non-human musical beings.
Pauline A. LeVen (Author)
9781107148741, Cambridge University Press
Hardback, published 3 December 2020
228 pages
16 x 23.5 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg
'This book is much more than a well-documented and innovative insight into Greek and Latin traditional narratives of music and metamorphosis in Roman Imperial age. It is the first 'posthumanist' comprehensive review into the deep meanings of musicking between human and non-human animals, the smartest invitation to find new ways of thinking of sound and music in Antiquity, beyond anthropocentrism. A perspective we just can't miss, today!' Donatella Restani, Univesity of Bologna
Where does music come from? What kind of agency does a song have? What is at the root of musical pleasure? Can music die? These are some of the questions the Greeks and the Roma]
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