The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Technique
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The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Technique
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Author : Richard Stoll Shannon
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1975-01-01
The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Technique written by Richard Stoll Shannon and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-01-01 with History categories.
In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence. War polarised America. The south and west wanted land, the north wanted peace and trade. But America had to choose between the oceans and the continent. Within weeks the land invasion had stalled, but American warships and privateers did rather better, and astonished the world by besting the Royal Navy in a series of battles. Then in three titanic single ship actions the challenge was decisively met. British frigates closed with the Chesapeake, the Essex and the President, flagship of American naval ambition. Both sides found new heroes but none could equal Captain Philip Broke, champion of history's greatest frigate battle, when HMS Shannon captured the USS Chesapeake in thirteen blood-soaked minutes. Broke's victory secured British control of the Atlantic, and within a year Washington, D.C. had been taken and burnt by British troops. Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, brings all his mastery of the subject and narrative brilliance to throw new light on a war which until now has been much mythologised, little understood.
The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Technique
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Author : Richard Stoll Shannon III
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-06-22
The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Technique written by Richard Stoll Shannon III and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Technique
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language : en
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Release Date : 1974
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The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Technique
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Author : Richard Stoll III. Shannon
language : la
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Tecnhique
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Author : Richard Stoll Shannon (III)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Arms Of Achilles And Homeric Compositional Tecnhique written by Richard Stoll Shannon (III) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
The Theory Of Oral Composition
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Author : John Miles Foley
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1988-06-22
The Theory Of Oral Composition written by John Miles Foley and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-06-22 with Social Science categories.
" . . . excellent book . . . " —The Classical Outlook " . . . brief and readable . . . There is good tonic in these pages for the serious student of oral tradition . . . a remarkable book." —Asian Folklore Studies "The bibliography is a boon for students and faculty at any level who are curious about the nature, composition, and performance of oral poetry." —Choice " . . . concise, evolutionary account . . . " —Religious Studies Review "As ever, Professor Foley's conscientious scholarship and sound judgements combine to make a further substantial contribution to the field." —E. C. Hawkesworth, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, The Slavonic Review "Foley is probably the only scholar who is in a position even to suggest the extent of what we should know to work in this area." —Speculum "Foley's survey stands as a fitting tribute to the achievements of Parry and Lord and as a sure guide to future productive work in the field." —Journal of American Folklore " . . . detailed and informative study . . . We are fortunate that John Foley chose to write this book." —Motif " . . . Theory of Oral Composition . . . detailed account written in an elegant style which could serve equally as a textbook for college and graduate students and as a reference tool for scholars already in the field." —Olifant "As an 'introductory history,' The Theory of Oral Composition accomplishes its purpose admirably. It has the capacity to arouse interest on the part of the uninitiated." —Anthropologica Presents the first history of the new field of oral-formulaic theory, which arose from the pioneering research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord on the Homeric poems.
The Shield Of Homer
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Author : Keith Stanley
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
The Shield Of Homer written by Keith Stanley and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with History categories.
In this masterly interpretation of narrative sequence in the Iliad, Keith Stanley not only sharpens the current debate over the date and creation of the poem, but also challenges the view of this work as primarily a celebration of heroic force. He begins by studying the intricate ring-composition in the verses describing Achilles' shield, then extends this analysis to reveal the Iliad as an elaborate and self-conscious formal whole. In so doing he defends the hypothesis that the poem as we know it is a massive reorganization and expansion of earlier "Homeric" material, written in response to the need for a stable text for repeated performance at the sixth-century Athenian festival for the city's patron goddess. Stanley explores the arrangement of the poem's books, all unified by theme and structure, showing how this allowed for artistically satisfying and practically feasible recitation over a period of three or four days. Taking structural emphasis as a guide to poetic discourse, the author argues that the Iliad is not a poem of "might"--as opposed to the Odyssean celebration of "guile"--but that in advocating social and personal reconciliation the poem offers a profound indictment of a warring heroic society. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Reading Homer S Iliad
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Author : Kostas Myrsiades
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2022-11-11
Reading Homer S Iliad written by Kostas Myrsiades and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
We still read Homer’s epic the Iliad two-and-one-half millennia since its emergence for the questions it poses and the answers it provides for our age, as viable today as they were in Homer’s own times. What is worth dying for? What is the meaning of honor and fame? What are the consequences of intense emotion and violence? What does recognition of one’s mortality teach? We also turn to Homer’s Iliad in the twenty-first century for the poet’s preoccupation with the essence of human life. His emphasis on human understanding of mortality, his celebration of the human mind, and his focus on human striving after consciousness and identity has led audiences to this epic generation after generation. This study is a book-by-book commentary on the epic’s 24 parts, meant to inform students new to the work. Endnotes clarify and elaborate on myths that Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume concludes with a general bibliography of work on the Iliad, in addition to bibliographies accompanying each book’s commentary.
Homer S Iliad
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Author : Claude Brügger
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-05-07
Homer S Iliad written by Claude Brügger and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
The renowned Basler Homer-Kommentar of the Iliad, edited by Anton Bierl and Joachim Latacz and originally published in German, presents the latest developments in Homeric scholarship. Through the English translation of this ground-breaking reference work, edited by S. Douglas Olson, its valuable findings are now made accessible to students and scholars worldwide.
Homer On Life And Death
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Author : Jasper Griffin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1980
Homer On Life And Death written by Jasper Griffin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Literary Criticism categories.
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.