Homer and the Heroic Tradition

Name: Homer and the Heroic Tradition
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ISBN: 9780393003130

ISBN-10: 0393003132

ISBN-13: 9780393003130

Edition: 2011

Authors: Cedric Hubbell Whitman

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What has been done in recent times in the fields of archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, and comparative oral literature, not to mention literary criticism itself, has put the whole Homeric problem in so new a light that now above all else the interested reader of Homer, whether he reads translations or the original, looks earnestly for a synoptic view, a framework by which he can shape his critical reactions within the bounds of rational and historical probability. What follows in the succeeding chapters is an attempt to formulate such a synoptic view, to bring together--for the first time, I believe--the results of modern specialized disciplines relating to Homeric studies and…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/1965
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English