Description
Examines questions raised, in antiquity and now, by mythical narratives about humans transforming into non-human musical beings.
About the Author
Pauline A. LeVen is an Associate Professor of Classics at Yale University, Connecticut. She is the author of The Many-Headed Muse: Tradition and Innovation in Late Classical Greek Lyric Poetry (Cambridge, 2014), which received the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Yale College Prize for outstanding publication. She is also co-editor, with Sean Gurd, of the first volume of A Cultural History of Western Music (forthcoming) and currently at work on two monographs - one entitled Poetry and the Posthuman, the other devoted to music and mortality. A member of MOISA (the Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music and its Cultural Heritage), she has taken an active role in promoting and disseminating the study of ancient Greek and Roman musical culture.
Reviews
'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
Book Information
ISBN 9781316602638
Author Pauline A. LeVen
Format Paperback
Page Count 289
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 427g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 15mm