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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Rutherford, Richard Brown (1956-....)
Titre(s) : Homer [Texte imprimé] / by Richard Rutherford
Édition : 2nd ed
Publication : Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : [v]-169 p. ; 24 cm
Collection : Greece & Rome. New surveys in the classics ; 41
Lien à la collection : Greece & Rome. New surveys in the classics
Comprend : Introduction : background and problems ; History, myth, poetry ; Poems, behind poems
; poetic language ; Light from the east ? ; Early Greek hexameter poetry ; Dating
the poems ; The debate on the oral epic tradition : Milman Parry and his followers
; But could Homer write ? ; Sixth-century Athens ; Text and scholars ; Reception and
interpretation ; The Iliad ; Structure, characterization, themes ; War and the hero
; Gods and men ; Choices and consequences ; The Odyssey ; Must a sequel be inferior
? ; Themes, structure, ethos ; Men, women and goddesses ; Endings ; Some memorable
scenes ; Paris's bedchamber (Iliad 3. 424-47) ; Phoenix's memories (Iliad 9. 478-97)
; Patroclus brought low (Iliad 16. 777-800) ; The horses of Achilles, gifts of the
gods (Iliad 17. 426-53) ; News comes to Achilles (Iliad 18. 15-37, 50-1) ; The pride
of Ajax (Odyssey 11. 543-67) ; Monster and man (Odyssey 12. 243-59) ; Travel and
adventure (Odyssey 14. 196-293. (extracts)) ; Bibliographical note ; Bibliography
; About the author ; Index.
Note(s) : "First published 1996.--t.p. verso. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-166) and index
It provides a wide variety of readers with a clear and reasonably detailed introduction
to the Iliad and the Odyssey, and to the problems which arise in dating, contextualizing
and interpreting these two epics, which are among the earliest poetic texts to come
down to us from the ancient Greek world. A substantial introductory chapter discusses
the so-called Homeric Question, the question of the identity and origins of 'Homer'.
Among the important topics considered are the debate over oral composition, the structure,
plot and themes of the two epics, and the religious and ethical ideas which figure
in the poems; also discussed are characterization, speeches, similes, symbolism and
irony. An extensive bibliography gives expert guidance on these and many other aspects
of these extraordinary poems. -- Back cover
Sujet(s) : Homère -- Critique et interprétation
Homère. Iliade
Homère. Odyssée
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107670167 (pbk.). - ISBN 1107670160 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43883914t
Notice n° :
FRBNF43883914
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