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Homeric contexts : neoanalysis and the interpretation of oral poetry / edited by Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos and Christos C. Tsagalis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 12.
- Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; v. 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Oral tradition--Greece.
- Oral tradition.
- Civilization, Homeric.
- Memory in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (708 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume aims at offering a critical reassessment of the progress made in Homeric research in recent years, focussing on its two main trends, Neonalysis and Oral Theory. Interpreting Homer in the 21st century asks for a holistic approach that allows us to reconsider some of our methodological tools and preconceptions concerning what we call Homeric poetry. The neoanalytical and oral 'booms', which have to a large extent influenced the way we see Homer today, may be re-evaluated if we are willing to endorse a more flexible approach to certain scholarly taboos pertaining to these two schools of interpretation. Song-traditions, formula, performance, multiformity on the one hand, and Motivforschung, Epic Cycle on the other, may not be so incompatible as we often tend to think.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Theoretical issues
- pt. 2. Iliad
- pt. 3. Odyssey
- pt. 4. Language and formulas
- pt. 5. Homer and beyond.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613599353
- 9781280569753
- 1280569751
- 9783110272017
- 3110272016
- OCLC:
- 794686943
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