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The Homeric Question and the Oral-formulaic Theory
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Minna Skafte Jensen
Categories: Epic poetry, Greek
Type: BOOK - Published: 1980 - Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press

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The Theory of Oral Composition
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: John Miles Foley
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-06-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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" . . . excellent book . . . " —The Classical Outlook " . . . brief and readable . . . There is good tonic in these pages for the serious student of oral trad
Writing Homer
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Minna Skafte Jensen
Categories: Epic poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

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It is unknown, of course, who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, since, in general, no reliable contemporary description of how these two epics came into being is
Homeric Contexts
Language: en
Pages: 709
Authors: Franco Montanari
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-26 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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This volume aims at offering a critical reassessment of the progress made in Homeric research in recent years, focussing on its two main trends, Neonalysis and
A Poet's Glossary
Language: en
Pages: 683
Authors: Edward Hirsch
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-08 - Publisher: HarperCollins

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A major addition to the literature of poetry, Edward Hirsch’s sparkling new work is a compilation of forms, devices, groups, movements, isms, aesthetics, rhet