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Item Details
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THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES AND THE POETICS OF EKPHRASIS
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| By: |
Andrew Sprague Becker |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0847679977 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780847679973 |
| Publisher: |
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD |
| Pub. date: |
28 January, 1995 |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Description: |
This text explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. It also debates the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative. All Greek passages are translated. |
| Synopsis: |
In The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis, Becker explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. Becker also enters into a fiercely raging literary debate about the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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