Poetry in Speech - Orality and Homeric Discourse

Applying linguistic theory to the study of Homeric style, Egbert J. Bakker offers a highly innovative approach to oral poetry, particularly the poetry of Homer. By situating formulas and other features of oral style within the wider contexts of spoken language and communication, he moves the study of oral poetry beyond the landmark work of...

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Egbert J. Bakker

Zusammenfassung

Applying linguistic theory to the study of Homeric style, Egbert J. Bakker offers a highly innovative approach to oral poetry, particularly the poetry of Homer. By situating formulas and other features of oral style within the wider contexts of spoken language and communication, he moves the study of oral poetry beyond the landmark work of...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Egbert J. Bakker
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781501722769
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-2276-9
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: Myth and Poetics; Myth and Poetics
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft