Homer and the poetics of gesture /

"This book offers five readings of the Homeric poems through five different postures, actions, or gestures: falling, running, leaping, standing, and reaching. It argues for a connection between formularity and embodiment in Homeric epic by tracing, in each chapter, the story of a particular ges...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Purves, Alex C., 1972- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Series:	Oxford studies in late antiquity.
Subjects:	Homer > Criticism and interpretation. Homer Gesture in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Gesture in literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book