Homer Ahuvia Kahane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahane, Ahuvia, author.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed.

A guide for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer--Criticism and interpretation.

Homer.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Shortlisted for the Runciman Award 2013 Homer's poetry is widely recognized as the beginning of the literary tradition of the West and among its most influential canonical texts. Outlining a series of key themes, ideas, and values associated with Homer and Homeric poetry, Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed explores the question of the formation of the Iliad and the Odyssey - the so-called 'Homeric Problem'. Among the main Homeric themes which the book considers are origin and form, orality and composition, heroic values, social structure, and social bias, gender roles and gendered interpretation, ethnicity, representations of religion, mortality, and the divine, memory, poetry, and poetics, and canonicity and tradition, and the history of Homeric receptions. Drawing upon his extensive knowledge of scholarship on Homer and early epic, Ahuvia Kahane explores contemporary critical and philosophical questions relating to Homer and the Homeric tradition, and examines his wider cultural impact, contexts and significance. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential poet, providing readers with some basic suggestions for further pursuing their interests in Homer."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Shortlisted for the Runciman Award 2013 Homer's poetry is widely recognized as the beginning of the literary tradition of the West and among its most influential canonical texts. Outlining a series of key themes, ideas, and values associated with Homer and Homeric poetry, Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed explores the question of the formation of the Iliad and the Odyssey - the so-called 'Homeric Problem'. Among the main Homeric themes which the book considers are origin and form, orality and composition, heroic values, social structure, and social bias, gender roles and gendered interpretation, ethnicity, representations of religion, mortality, and the divine, memory, poetry, and poetics, and canonicity and tradition, and the history of Homeric receptions. Drawing upon his extensive knowledge of scholarship on Homer and early epic, Ahuvia Kahane explores contemporary critical and philosophical questions relating to Homer and the Homeric tradition, and examines his wider cultural impact, contexts and significance. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential poet, providing readers with some basic suggestions for further pursuing their interests in Homer

Contents:

Introductory Note

1. The Figures of Homeric Poetry

2. Homeric Histories

3. The Poet and the Making of the Poems

4. Homer's Poetic Language

5. Proems, Tales and Plots

6. The Iliad

7. The Odyssey

8. Boundaries and Social Worlds

9. Mortality and the Divine

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781472539830

1472539834

9781283706247

1283706245

9781441173065

1441173064

9781441189264

1441189262

OCLC:

817899329