The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekpharsis

In 'The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis', Becker explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. Becker also enters into a fiercely raging literary debate about the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative.

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By Andrew Sprague Becker

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Sprague Becker, Becker Andrew Sprague
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.1995
• EAN: 9780847679980
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-7998-0
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; POETRY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, Poetry / poems by individual poets