Homer the Theologian - Neoplatonist Allegorical Reading and the Growth of the Epic Tradition (Paperback, Reprint)

Here is the first survey of the surviving evidence for the growth, development, and influence of the Neoplatonist allegorical reading of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey." Professor Lamberton argues that this tradition of reading was to create new demands on subsequent epic and thereby alter permanently the nature of European epic. The Neoplatonist reading was to be decisive in the birth of allegorical epic in late antiquity and forms the background for the next major extension of the epic tradition found in Dante.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Transformation of the Classical Heritage, 9
Release date:	April 1989
First published:	1987
Authors:	Robert Lamberton
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
Edition:	Reprint
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-06607-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-520-06607-3
Barcode:	9780520066076

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