Rediscovering Homer: inside the origins of the epic

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Dalby, Andrew

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W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

c2006

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1st ed.

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English

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1: The poems

Oral poetry in early Greece

The Iliad and history

The Odyssey and society

2: The making of the Iliad

From Iliad to Odyssey

Identifying the poet

3: From oral epic to written classic

The rediscovery of orality

Reading the Iliad and the Odyssey afresh.

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Criticism and interpretation
Epic poetry, Greek
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
Folk poetry, Greek
Folk poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
History and criticism
Homer
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
Homer. -- Iliad
Homer. -- Odyssey
Theory, etc

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9780393057881

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