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Homer : the poetry of the past /

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Andrew Ford here addresses, in a manner both engaging and richly informed, the perennial questions of what poetry is, how it came to be, and what it is for ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Andrew Laughlin (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Series:Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books.
Subjects:
Homer > Criticism and interpretation.
Homer.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Epic poetry, Greek.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Genre: Traditional Definitions of Epic
  • 2. The Poem: Homer's Muses and the Unity of Epic
  • 3. The Poet: Tradition, Transmission, and Time
  • 4. The Text: Signs of Writing in Homer
  • 5. Poetry: The Voice of Song
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index