G. S. Kirk: Homer and the Epic | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780521093569 | Homer and the Epic | A Shortened Version of "The Songs of Homer"

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A shortened, rearranged version of The Songs of Homer, an account of the background and development of the Homeric poems.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Part I. The Oral Epic: 1. The Homeric poems are oral; 2. Homer and modern oral poetry; Part II. The Historical Background: 3. The rise of Mycenae; 4. Life in a Late Bronze Age palace-state; 5. From the Achaean decline to the time of Homer; Part III. The Prehistory of the Homeric Tradition: 6. Poetical possibilities of the Dark Age; 7. Was there Achaean epic poetry?; 8. Dark Age elements and Aeolic elements; Part IV. The Iliad and Odyssey as Monumental Poems: 9. Some basic qualities; 10. The Iliad; 11. The Odyssey; Part V. The Style, Language and Material Background of the Iliad and Odyssey: 12. Subjects and styles; 13. The criterion of language; 14. Differences of material culture; Part VI. Diversity and Unity in the Large-Scale Plot: 15. Structural difficulties in the Iliad; 16. Structural difficulties in the Odyssey; 17. Unity, real and imaginary; Part VII. How the Poems Developed: 18. The circumstances of monumental composition; 19. Two crucial phases of transmission; 20. The process of development; References; Index.

Details

Genre:	Importe , Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521093569
ISBN-10:	0521093562
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kirk, G. S.
Zusammengestellt:	Kirk, G. S.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	G. S. Kirk
Gewicht:	0,36 kg