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Homeric questions / Gregory Nagy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nagy, Gregory.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer--Technique.
- Homer.
- Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Oral-formulaic analysis.
- Oral tradition--Greece.
- Oral tradition.
- Technique.
- Greece.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This evidence suggests that the written texts emerged from an evolutionary process in which composition, performance, and diffusion interacted to create the epics we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey. Sure to challenge orthodox views and provoke lively debate, Nagy's book will be essential reading for all students of oral traditions.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. Homer and Questions of Oral Poetry
- Ch. 2. An Evolutionary Model for the Making of Homeric Poetry
- Ch. 3. Homer and the Evolution of a Homeric Text
- Ch. 4. Myth as Exemplum in Homer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-173) and index.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nagy, Gregory. Homeric questions.
- ISBN:
- 0292796218
- 9780292796218
- OCLC:
- 70183048
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