Flesh and Spirit in the Songs of Homer - A Study of Words and Myths

Zusatztext A closely argued but very readable study of Homeric life and death, based on a doctoral dissertation. Clarke's central thesis is that a distinction between soul and body (misleadingly characterized as "modern") is foreign to epic poetry. Informationen zum Autor Michael Clarke is a Lecturer at the Department of Ancient Classics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Klappentext This book offers a newly integrated interpretation of Homeric man. The author starts with the working hypothesis that, in this poetry, the human being is not divided into two parts - inner and outer; body and soul; flesh and spirit - but stands as an indivisible unity. The last part of this analysis leads to a reassessment of the Homeric psuche. Zusammenfassung This text offers an integrated interpretation of Homeric man. The author starts with the working hypothesis that, in this poetry, the human being is not divided into two parts - inner and outer; body and soul; flesh and spirit - but stands as an indivisible unity.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Clarke
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1999
• EAN: 9780198152637
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815263-7
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Sociolinguistics, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form