Equine Poetics

Equine Poetics is a literary analysis of horses and horsemanship in early Greek epic and lyric poetry. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, the book sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art.

Summary

Equine Poetics is a literary analysis of horses and horsemanship in early Greek epic and lyric poetry. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, the book sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Platte
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780674975705
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97570-5
• Series: Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies (HUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Humanities, art, music > History