Thalmann, William G. - Conventions of Form and Thought in Early Greek Epic Poetry

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Black boards with white lettering; white and brown lettering with bw illustration, mylar cover; xxv, 262 pp. Contents: The organization of thought -- The design of the poem -- a. The Theogony -- b. The Iliad -- c. The Odyssey -- d. The Works and days -- e. The Shield of Herakles -- f. The Hymn to Apollo -- g. The Catalogue of women -- h. The poems and the larger unity -- The gifts of the gods -- The poets on their art, I : the performance of hexameter poetry -- The poets on their art, II : the introduction to Hesoid's Theogony and the self-reflectiveness of hexameter poetry -- Poetry in the Odyssey -- Epilogue. Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247). VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.) .

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