Author: GRIFFIN, JASPER
Title: Homer on Life and Death
Description: Oxford University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0198140169. Dustjacket spine is sunned. Minor edgewear to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). ; 234 pages; This book demonstrates how Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on persons and actions, interpreting the world and the lives of the people who inhabit it. Taking central themes like characterization, death, and the gods, the author argues that current ideas of the limitations of "oral poetry" are unreal, and that Homer embodies a view of the world both unique and profound.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0198140169 Homeric Epic Greek Literature Social & Cultural Epic Poetry Poetry & Poets Literary Criticism Classical Greek & Roman


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