Homer's living language : formularity, dialect, and creativity in oral-traditional poetry /
An accessible, up-to-date, and innovative account of key features of Homer's poetry (formularity, meter and dialect). This book is informed by contemporary linguistics and cognitive sciences, and leverages unexpected modern-day parallels (popular music, jazz improvisation and sports commentary)...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | An accessible, up-to-date, and innovative account of key features of Homer's poetry (formularity, meter and dialect). This book is informed by contemporary linguistics and cognitive sciences, and leverages unexpected modern-day parallels (popular music, jazz improvisation and sports commentary) to illustrate Homer's creativity. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 273 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781316512418 131651241X 9781009065887 1009065882 |