Miller - Lyric texts and lyric consciousness the birth of a genre from archaic Greece to Augustan Rome

This book could not have been written without the help of far more people than it would ever be possible to mention here. Still, I must try and give credit to those debts which appear most outstanding. Three mentors in particular have helped form my thoughts about this project and guide my intellectual progress for a number of years, Professors Wayne Rebhorn, Carl Rubino, and Barbara Gold. Without their patience, encouragement, and remonstrations, I would have never left the gate. Two other formative influences on my thoughts about literature, theory, and philosophy must also be acknowledged: Professor Leonard Schulze, who first introduced me to literary theory and whose lasting influence on my work is greater, I am sure, than either he or I is fully aware; and the late Professor E.D.Francis, who first impressed upon me the decisive importance of book structure in the interpretation of Hellenistic and Roman poetry.

Thanks need also to be given to Professors Douglass Parker, Ramn Saldvar, and Jean-Pierre Cauvin, who served valiantly on a dissertation committee unlike any other; to Professor David H.J. Larmour for reading parts of this book, discussing it with me, and, in his role as managing editor of Helios, for making available to me the page proofs of a forthcoming edition on Catullus; to Professor Susan Stein for reading and discussing with me; to Professor Charles Platter my friend and collaborator; to Professors Wendy McCredie, Kim Robertson, William Hutton, Elizabeth Vandiver, and to C.Gordon Vincent, Rino Pizzi, and all the members of the CP and BBQ for countless evenings of listening to me rave like a madman about this project; and to my parents for supporting all my educational endeavors.

Debts of gratitude are also owed to Texas Tech University for a Research Enhancement Grant which helped me complete this book; and to Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, Maryland) for allowing me to reprint portions of my articles Horace, Mercury, and . They also kindly granted permission to reproduce portions of Frank Nisetichs translations of Pythian 11 and Olympian 5 from Pindars Victory Odes (1980). The translations of Sappho 1, 16, 31, and Alcaeus 308 and 338 are reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Loeb Classical Library, Greek Lyric (vol. 1), translated by D.A. Campbell, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, the President and Fellows of Harvard College 1982. The translation of Archilochus 5 is reprinted by permission of the publishers, GreekLyrics, translated by Richmond Lattimore, Chicago, 111.: University of Chicago Press, 1949, 1955, and 1960. Havelock, Eric; TheLiterate Revolution in Greece and Its Cultural Consequences, Princeton University Press 1982, reprinted by permission of Princeton University Press. Every effort has been made to reach copyright holders for all materials used. The author would appreciate any further information which might be available.

My greatest debt is owed to my wife, Ann Poling. She has proofread various versions of this text countless times. She has put up with sleepless nights and nameless anxiety. She has listened to me drone on when she would have rather been doing almost anything else. I could never have done it without her.

All remaining faults are, of course, my own.