Character, narrator, and simile in the Iliad

"Jonathan L. Ready offers the first comprehensive examination of Homer's similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. This study concentrates primarily on similes spoken by Homeric characters. The first to offer a sustained exploration of such similes, Ready shows how characters a...

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Hlavní autor: Ready, Jonathan L., 1976-
Korporativní autor: ebrary, Inc
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The simile and the Homeric comparative spectrum; 2. Similes and likenesses in the character-text; 3. A preparation for reading sequences of similes; 4. Sequences of similes in the character-text; 5. Narrator, character, and simile; 6. Similes in the narrator-text; Conclusion: The Odyssey compared.