Making of the Iliad - Disquisition and Analytical Commentary

Zusatztext There are many important obervations here ... Nobody in the world knows more Greek than West, and his output over the past fifty years has been truly prodigious, his contributions in many branches of Greek letters fundamental. Informationen zum Autor M. L. West is Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College! Oxford Klappentext A commentary on the making of the Iliad! distinguishing the different stages of the poet's workings! illuminating his aims and methods! and identifying techniques and motifs derived from ancestral Indo-European tradition or imported from the Near East. Zusammenfassung A commentary on the making of the Iliad, distinguishing the different stages of the poet's workings, illuminating his aims and methods, and identifying techniques and motifs derived from ancestral Indo-European tradition or imported from the Near East. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Disquisition: The Making of the Iliad; 1: Aims and Assumptions; 2: The Poet: When and Where?; 3: Songs Known and Heard; 4: Troy and Achilles; 5: The Growth of the Poem; 6: Early Reception and Transmission; II. Analytical Commentary: The Made Iliad

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• Authors: M. L. West, M.L. WEST, Martin L. West, WEST M L
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.2010
• EAN: 9780199590070
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959007-0
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / 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