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Listening to Homer : tradition, narrative, and audience / Ruth Scodel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scodel, Ruth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Epic poetry, Greek--Criticism, Textual.
- Oral interpretation of poetry.
- Oral tradition--Greece.
- Oral tradition.
- Oral-formulaic analysis.
- Transmission of texts.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Audiences--Greece.
- Audiences.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Homer--Criticism, Textual.
- Homer.
- Homer--Technique.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2009, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A discussion of how ancient Greek bards ensured that their poetry would reach audiences of various backgrounds
- Contents:
- Contents; What Are We Talking about When We Talk about Tradition?; Textualization and the Newest Song; Homeric Rhetorics: Traditionality and Disinterest; Homeric Exposition; Abbreviated Narrative; Narrative Teases; The Social Audience; Works Cited; General Index; Index of Passages Cited
- Notes:
- 2009 ed.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-94034-1
- 9786612940347
- 0-472-02658-5
- OCLC:
- 728836413
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