书目

Homer (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)

内容简介

ThisconcisebookisacompleteandcontemporaryintroductiontoHomerandhistwomaster-works,theIliadandtheOdyssey.Itexplainsthe“HomericQuestion,”illuminatingitscurrentstatus,andcritiquestheliteraryqualitiesoftheIliadandtheOdyssey,analyzingandcontrastingtheirplotting,narrativetechnique,andcharacterization.ProvideshistoricalbackgroundandliteraryreadingsofTheIliadandTheOdysseyNewtothesecondedition:asectiononHomer’sreceptioninancientGreece;achapteronHomerandarchaeology;additionalmaps;anupdatedbibliography;aglossaryofkeyterms;andinformationontheoralcompositionofthepoemsTextisupdatedthroughoutAssumesnopriorknowledgeofGreek

作者简介

BarryB.PowellisHalls-BascomProfessorofClassicsattheUniversityofWisconsin–Madison.HispreviouspublicationsincludeHomerandtheOriginoftheGreekAlphabet(1991),AShortIntroductiontoClassicalMyth(2001),WritingandtheOriginsofGreekLiterature(2002),ClassicalMyth(fourthedition,2004),andTheGreeks:History,Culture,andSociety(withIanMorris,2005).

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Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

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