Nine Essays on Homer

Miriam Carlisle (Curatore)

Olga Levaniouk (Curatore)

Rowman & Littlefield, 1999

The essays in this collection addresses questions of intense interest in Homeric studies today: the questions of performance and poet-audience interaction, especially as depicted in idealized performances within the Iliad and the Odyssey; the ways in which epic incorporates material of diverse genres, such as women's laments, blame poetry, or folk tales; how the ideological balance of epic can change and be influenced by 'alternative ideologies' introduced through the incorporation of new material; the implications of the continuity of tradition for etymological studies; and how the traditional nature of epic affects textual criticism. The essays differ in focus and method, but all share one fundamental approach to Homer: an understanding of the Homeric tradition as a poetic system that expresses and preserves what is culturally important and a view of the Homeric epics as instances of a cultural tradition which they attempt to explore through the epics themselves and through the comparative, anthropological, and linguistic evidence they bring to bear on these texts. A unique collection that explores Homeric poetry through a variety of tools and approaches—linguistics, philology, cultural anthropology, sociology, textual criticism, and archeology—this volume will be of interest to all scholars and students of oral poetry and Classical literature.

• Curatore: Miriam Carlisle, Olga Levaniouk
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Collana: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Anno: 1999
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 264 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 454 gr.
• EAN: 9780847694242

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