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The Cambridge Companion to Homer
Robert (Ed) Fowler
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Paperback. This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception. Editor(s): Fowler, Robert. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 444 pages, 12 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 442 pages, 12 b/w illus. 2 maps. Editor(s): Fowler, Robert. This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight: 708.
The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional topics like the Homeric Question, the divine apparatus of the poems, the formulae, the characters and the archaeological background, there are detailed discussions of similes, speeches, the poet as story-teller and the genre of epic both within Greece ... Read more
The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional topics like the Homeric Question, the divine apparatus of the poems, the formulae, the characters and the archaeological background, there are detailed discussions of similes, speeches, the poet as story-teller and the genre of epic both within Greece ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521012461
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V9780521012461
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About Robert (Ed) Fowler
Robert Fowler is Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek, University of Bristol. He is the author of The Nature of the Early Greek Lyric (1987). He has also edited Early Greek Mythology, Volume 1 (2001).
Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Homer
'The 22 contributors to this important book represent a healthy diversity of views but share fundamental assumptions. All engage closely with the text of Homer, and take the epics seriously as literature. … one of the most distinguished of the Cambridge Companions series, and will be essential reading for every student.' The Anglo-Hellenic Review 'Every chapter proves rewarding. … this ... Read more