The Field of Access: Perceptual Misalignment and Mediated Presence in Archaic Greek Poetics
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| contents | <p>This essay develops a theoretical framework for reading Homeric epic, archaic lyric, and inscribed/epigrammatic poetry through the concept of <strong>perceptual misalignment</strong>. It argues that presence in archaic Greek poetics is not simply immediate or self-evident, but becomes available through a <strong>field of access</strong>: a structured network of voices, bodies, gestures, objects, places, divine forces, inscriptions, and memories.</p> <p>Perceptual misalignment occurs when an index of presence — such as an “I,” a “here,” a voice, a body, or a speaking object — remains active without fully coinciding with its source, support, occasion, or scene of reception.</p> <p>The essay traces this dynamic across three domains: Homeric epic distributes perception across gods, bodies, public speech, and heroic action; lyric poetry, especially Sappho 31, concentrates this distributed field within the vulnerable body of the speaking “I”; inscription and epigram relocate presence onto objects, places, and durable supports, as in Nestor’s Cup and the Midas epigram.</p> <p>Its central claim is that archaic Greek poetics does not treat perception as possession, but as mediated access to presence.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | The Field of Access: Perceptual Misalignment and Mediated Presence in Archaic Greek Poetics Voss, Sandra Field of access Perceptual misalignment Archaic Greek poetics Homeric epic Archaic lyric Sappho 31 Nestor's Cup Midas epigram <p>This essay develops a theoretical framework for reading Homeric epic, archaic lyric, and inscribed/epigrammatic poetry through the concept of <strong>perceptual misalignment</strong>. It argues that presence in archaic Greek poetics is not simply immediate or self-evident, but becomes available through a <strong>field of access</strong>: a structured network of voices, bodies, gestures, objects, places, divine forces, inscriptions, and memories.</p> <p>Perceptual misalignment occurs when an index of presence — such as an “I,” a “here,” a voice, a body, or a speaking object — remains active without fully coinciding with its source, support, occasion, or scene of reception.</p> <p>The essay traces this dynamic across three domains: Homeric epic distributes perception across gods, bodies, public speech, and heroic action; lyric poetry, especially Sappho 31, concentrates this distributed field within the vulnerable body of the speaking “I”; inscription and epigram relocate presence onto objects, places, and durable supports, as in Nestor’s Cup and the Midas epigram.</p> <p>Its central claim is that archaic Greek poetics does not treat perception as possession, but as mediated access to presence.</p> |
| title | The Field of Access: Perceptual Misalignment and Mediated Presence in Archaic Greek Poetics |
| topic | Field of access Perceptual misalignment Archaic Greek poetics Homeric epic Archaic lyric Sappho 31 Nestor's Cup Midas epigram |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19917683 |