Homer : The Poetry of the Past /

Homer : The Poetry of the Past /

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Andrew Ford here addresses, in a manner both engaging and richly informed, the perennial questions of what poetry is, how it came to be, and what it is for ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Andrew Laughlin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homer.
Homer > Criticism and interpretation.
Epic poetry, Greek.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Poesie epique grecque > Histoire et critique.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Genre: Traditional Definitions of Epic
  • 2. The Poem: Homer's Muses and the Unity of Epic
  • 3. The Poet: Tradition, Transmission, and Time
  • 4. The Text: Signs of Writing in Homer
  • 5. Poetry: The Voice of Song
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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