Homer : the resonance of epic / Barbara Graziosi & Johannes Haubold

• Autore: Graziosi Barbara
• Pubblicazione: London, : Duckworth, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 883.01
• Soggetto topico: Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism
• Persona (resp. second.): HauboldJohannes
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I. Resonance; 1. The Poet; 2. The Poems; Part II. Resonant Patterns; 3. Gods, Animals and Fate; 4. Men, Women and Society; 5. Death, Fame and Poetry; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with up-to-date scholarship on traditional poetry. Part I argues that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the lliad and Odyssey neither as literary works in the modern sense nor as the products of oral poetry. Instead, they regarded them as belonging to a much wider history of the divine cosmos, whose structures and themes are reflected in the resonant patterns of Homer's traditional language and narrative techniques. Part II illustrates this claim by looking at some central aspects of the Homeric poems: the gods and fate, gender and society, death, fame and poetry. Each section shows how the patterns and preoccupations of Homeric storytelling reflect a historical vision that encompasses the making of the universe, from its beginnings when Heaven mated with Earth, to the present day
• Titolo autorizzato: Homer
• ISBN: 1-84966-749-7; 1-4725-3982-6; 1-84966-746-2; 1-84966-750-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824191503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Classical Literature and Society