Introduction to Homer

Zusatztext Will delight lovers of literature, the Greeks, and the classics. A superb, well-written essay. Klappentext This is a book for all readers of Homer, whether in translation or in the original. It attempts to characterize the poetic art of the Iliad and Odyssey and to analyse in a simple way the reasons for its effectiveness. It takes the poems as they stand, and is only secondarily and occasionally concerned, in text and notes, with the question of their origins and the many interesting problems of scholarship to which the study of them has given rise. Zusammenfassung This is a book for all readers of Homer! whether in translation or in the original. It attempts to characterize the poetic art of the Iliad and the Odyssey and to analyse in a simple way the reasons for its effectiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Similaries and differences between liad and Odyssey; World of the poems; Supernatural; Story of the Iliad in outline; Story of the Odyssey in outline; Omissions from the outlines; Unity of design; Imperfections of detail and their causes; How the stories are told; Characterization; Illustrative examples in translation; Poetic medium; Conclusion; Notes; Appendices

Product details

• Authors: W. A. Camps, W.a. Camps, Camps W. A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.1980
• EAN: 9780198721017
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872101-7
• No. of pages: 116
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets