Homer: Odyssey Books Xvii-Xviii

Informationen zum Autor Deborah Steiner is Professor of Greek at Columbia University. Klappentext Books XVII and XVIII of the Odyssey feature, among other episodes, the disguised Odysseus' penetration of his home after an absence of twenty years and his first encounter with his wife. The commentary provides linguistic and syntactical guidance suitable for upper-level students along with detailed consideration of Homer's compositional and narrative techniques, his literary artistry and the poem's central themes. An extensive introduction considers questions of formulaic composition, the nature of the poem's audience and the context of its performance, and isolates the concerns most prominent in the poem's second half and in Books XVII and XVIII in particular. Here too are considered the roles of Penelope and Telemachus, questions of disguise and recognition, and the institution of hospitality flaunted by the suitors in Odysseus' halls. Brief sections also discuss Homeric metre and the transmission of the text. Zusammenfassung The first self-contained edition and commentary on Books XVII and XVIII of Homer's Odyssey! which contain an account of the moment when the disguised Odysseus penetrates his home after an absence of twenty years and first glimpses Penelope. Ideal for use with upper-level undergraduate students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Homer: Odyssey XVII; Homer: Odyssey XVIII; Commentary; Bibliography.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Homer
• Collaboration: Deborah Steiner (Editeur), Steiner Deborah (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521859837
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85983-7
• Pages: 256
• Thèmes: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval