| Description |
176 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Greenhaven Press literary companion to world authors |
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Greenhaven Press literary companion to world authors.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-172) and index. |
| Contents |
Homer's epic style / Jasper Griffin -- Homer's use of imagery, symbols, and formulas / Cedric H. Whitman -- Homeric honor and cultural values / J. Frank Papovich -- Homer's view of the gods as divinity Walter F. Otto -- Homer's attitude toward death / Seth L. Schein -- The story of the Illiad / Edith Hamilton -- The Illiad and the heroic ideal / by Michael Grant -- Achilles: an exceptional hero gains self-awareness / M.S. Silk -- Helen: a prisoner of her own beauty / Rachel Bespaloff -- Force as the central concept of the Illiad / Simone Weil -- The story told by the Odyssey / Mark P.O. Morford and Robert J. Lenardon -- How the Odyssey differs in shape and character from the Iliad / C.M. Bowra -- Homer's accurate depiction of seafaring in the Odyssey / Ernle Bradford -- Crime and punishment in the Odyssey / George Dimock -- Why does wise Penelope act so rashly? / Frederick M. Combellack -- Deception used for comic effect in the Odyssey / Reynold Z. Burrows. |
| Subject |
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Mythology, Greek, in literature.
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| Added Author |
Nardo, Don, 1947-
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| ISBN |
1565106393 alkaline paper |
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9781565106390 alkaline paper |
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1565106385 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781565106383 paperback alkaline paper |
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