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The Iliad: Structure, Myth, and Meaning
Bruce Louden
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Description for The Iliad: Structure, Myth, and Meaning
Hardback. Louden's innovative method yields striking new insights into the formation and early literary contexts of Greek epic poetry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
Extending his distinctive analysis of Homeric epic to the Iliad, Bruce Louden, author of The "Odyssey": Structure, Narration, and Meaning, again presents new approaches to understanding the themes and story of the poem. In this thought-provoking study, he demonstrates how repeated narrative motifs argue for an expanded understanding of the structure of epic poetry. First identifying the "subgenres" of myth within the poem, he then reads these against related mythologies of the Near East, developing a context in which the poem can be more accurately interpreted. Louden begins by focusing on the ways in which the ... Read more
Extending his distinctive analysis of Homeric epic to the Iliad, Bruce Louden, author of The "Odyssey": Structure, Narration, and Meaning, again presents new approaches to understanding the themes and story of the poem. In this thought-provoking study, he demonstrates how repeated narrative motifs argue for an expanded understanding of the structure of epic poetry. First identifying the "subgenres" of myth within the poem, he then reads these against related mythologies of the Near East, developing a context in which the poem can be more accurately interpreted. Louden begins by focusing on the ways in which the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882807
SKU
V9780801882807
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About Bruce Louden
Bruce Louden is an associate professor of language and linguistics at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Reviews for The Iliad: Structure, Myth, and Meaning
His is an original approach.
William F. Wyatt New England Classical Journal 2007 Useful to any scholar interested in issues of Homeric structure and unity, as well as comparatists interested in a Near Eastern context for Greek literature.
D. Thomas Benediktson Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008 An eye-opener... A very readable and accessible book indeed.
Erik Van ... Read more
William F. Wyatt New England Classical Journal 2007 Useful to any scholar interested in issues of Homeric structure and unity, as well as comparatists interested in a Near Eastern context for Greek literature.
D. Thomas Benediktson Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008 An eye-opener... A very readable and accessible book indeed.
Erik Van ... Read more