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Homer and the poetics of Hades / George Alexander Gazis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gazis, George Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer--Criticism and interpretation.
- Homer.
- Homer. Iliad.
- Homer. Odyssey.
- Hades (Greek deity).
- Hades.
- Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Iliad (Homer).
- Odyssey (Homer).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- This unique approach to the Iliad and the Odyssey explores the role and function of Hades as a poetic environment in which traditional exposition of heroic values may be subverted in favour of a more personally inflected approach to the epic past, giving rise to a different kind of poetics: the 'poetics of Hades'.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 18, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-109115-4
- 0-19-182933-1
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