The Poetry of Homer - Edited with an Introduction by Bruce Heiden (Paperback, New Edition)

Samuel Eliot Bassett's classic work The Poetry of Homer investigates the rhetorical techniques that have made the Iliad and the Odyssey speak to audiences throughout the ages. Combining a sublime poetic sensitivity with thorough scholarship this work offers original analyses of many topics, including the Homeric narrator's presentation of his story, his evocation of character through direct speech, the organization of speeches and descriptions into vivd dramatic situations, the pacing and emotional weight of similes and narratorial interventions, and the expressive variation in rhythms and word-groupings. A prolific and insightful contributor to Homeric scholarship, Bassett was invited to deliver the Sather Classical Lecture at Berkeley, but he died with the manuscript unpublished. This work, published posthumously in 1938 as The Poetry of Homer, has left its mark on a generation of classicists. Lexington is proud to bring such an important and influential book back into print in this new edition, edited and introduced by Bruce Heiden with a foreword by Greg Nagy.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	2004
Authors:	S.E. Bassett
Editors:	Bruce Heiden
Foreword by:	Greg Nagy
Dimensions:	228 x 149 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	306
Edition:	New Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-0696-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-0696-1
Barcode:	9780739106969

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