Measure and Music - Enjambement and Sentence Structure in the Iliad

Zusatztext 'Her book is much to be welcomed! and not only because it helps to fill an important gap in the literature; it is well written and free from jargon! and sets out the argument in a methodical and persuasive manner.'J.T. Hooker! University College of London! The Journal of Hellenic Studies! Vol. CXII! 1992 Klappentext This book is the first line-by-line analysis of enjambement and verse-internal breaks throughout the entire Iliad. Addressing larger, stylistic questions concerning genre, effect, and the manipulation and enjambing of formulae, Higbie examines a wide range of literary structures, including speeches, similes, battle scenes, and catalogues. A fundamental and thorough examination of enjambement in Homeric verse, this work will become a standard reference for scholars and students of Homer. Zusammenfassung The foundation of this book is a line-by-line analysis of the "Iliad" with regard not only to enjambement but also to verse-internal breaks. The study presents analyses on the entire poem rather than a selection of verses.

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• Authors: Higbie, Carolyn Higbie, Carolyn (Lecturer in the Departments of En Higbie, Higbie Carolyn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.1990
• EAN: 9780198143871
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814387-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval