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Listening to Homer : tradition, narrative, and audience / Ruth Scodel.

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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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