Rediscovering Homer : inside the origins of the epic / Andrew Dalby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalby, Andrew, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer--Criticism and interpretation.

Homer.

Homer. Iliad.

Homer. Odyssey.

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Folk poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Folk poetry, Greek.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 266 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, [2006]

Summary:

Dalby delves into the world that first heard "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad," and asks new questions about the poet named Homer. He makes a powerful case that both poems are the work of a single poet and comes to an ultimate conclusion that will surprise even serious classical scholars: Homer was most likely a woman.

Contents:

Oral poetry in early Greece

The Iliad and history

The Odyssey and society

The making of the Iliad

From Iliad to Odyssey

Identifying the poet

From oral epic to written classic

The rediscovery of orality

Reading the Iliad and the Odyssey afresh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-246) and index.

ISBN:

0393057887

OCLC:

62895825

Publisher Number:

9780393057881