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Homer: Poet of the Iliad - Couverture souple

Edwards, Prof Mark W.

 
9780801840166: Homer: Poet of the Iliad
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0801840163 ISBN 13 : 9780801840166
Editeur : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Homer: Poet of the Iliad is the perfect companion both for readers deepening their appreciation of the poem and its form and for those encountering Homer's work for the first time. Mark Edwards combines the advantages of a general intorduction and a detailed commentary to make the insights of recent Homeric scholarship accessible to students and general readers as well as to classicists.

Since interpretation of the epic requires an understanding of the ancient oral traidtion and its conventions, Edwards offers a comprehensive analysis of the poetics of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He also discusses essential elements of Homeric society--its religion, history, and social values--to clarify the style and substance of the poetry. In the second half of the book, Edwardfs's scene-by-scene explication of ten major books of the Iliad leads the reader to a greater perception of Homer's mastery and manipulation of convention.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mark W. Edwards is professor of classics at Stanford University. He is the author of numerous articles on Homeric style.

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Éditeur
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801840163
ISBN 13 
9780801840166
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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