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THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HOMER
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| By: |
Robert Fowler (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£34.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521012465 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521012461 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
14 October, 2004 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Pages: |
444 |
| Description: |
This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception. |
| Synopsis: |
The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional topics like the Homeric Question, the divine apparatus of the poems, the formulae, the characters and the archaeological background, there are detailed discussions of similes, speeches, the poet as story-teller and the genre of epic both within Greece and worldwide. The reception chapters include assessments of ancient Greek and Roman readings as well as selected modern interpretations from the eighteenth century to the present day. Chapters on Homer in English translation and 'Homer' in the history of ideas round out the collection. |
| Illustrations: |
12 b/w illus. 2 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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