The Cambridge companion to Homer
| Other Authors: | Fowler, R. L. 1954- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Physical Description: |
xvii, 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1. The poems and their narrator. The Iliad : an unpredictable classic / Donald Lateiner ; The Odyssey and its explorations / Michael Silk ; The story-teller and his audience / Ruth Scodel -- pt. 2. The characters. The Gods in the Homeric epics / Emily Kearns ; Manhood and heroism / Michael Clarke ; Gender and Homeric epic / Nancy Felson and Laura Slatkin -- pt. 3. The poet's craft. Formulas, metre and type-scenes / Matthew Clark ; Similes and other likenesses / Richard Buxton ; The speeches / Jasper Griffin -- pt. 4. Text and context. Epic as genre / John Miles Foley ; The epic tradition in Greece / Ken Dowden ; Homer's society / Robin Osborne ; The Homeric question / Robert Fowler -- pt. 5. Homeric receptions. Homer and Greek literature / Richard Hunter ; Roman Homer / Joseph Farrell ; Homer and English epic / Penelope Wilson ; Homer and the Romantics / Timothy Webb ; Homer and Ulysses / Vanda Zajko ; Homer : the history of an idea / James I. Porter ; "Shards and suckers" : contemporary receptions of Homer / Lorna Hardwick ; Homer in English translation / George Steiner. |
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| Physical Description: |
xvii, 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0521813026 0521012465 |