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The Shade Of Homer

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Author : David Ricks
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1989-11-30

The Shade Of Homer written by David Ricks and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-11-30 with Literary Criticism categories.

In exploring the significance of Homer for the poetry of modern Greece - benign shade or looming shadow? - Dr Ricks is tackling a theme that has implications for the study of poetic influence in general. In this 1989 book, he takes the work of Sikelianos, Cavafy and Seferis and subjects a selection of poems to a careful scrutiny. These poems are not imitations of Homer but fresh engagements with Homeric themes, and comparison of the modern versions with the original is found to be illuminating for the poets' methods of composition. Dr Ricks does not lose sight of the larger significance of his subject, and modern poets from outside Greece - Eliot and Pound, in particular - find their way into the discussion. All Greek is translated and the reader has no need to be a specialist in modern or in ancient Greek to find this study absorbing and instructive.

Homer And The Poetics Of Hades

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Author : George Alexander Gazis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018

Homer And The Poetics Of Hades written by George Alexander Gazis 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 2018 with History categories.

This book examines Homer's use of Hades as a poetic resource. By portraying Hades as a realm where vision is not possible, Homer creates a unique poetic environment where social constraints and divine prohibitions are not applicable. The resulting narrative emulates that of the Muses but is markedly distinct from it, as in Hades experimentation with and alteration of epic forms and values can be pursued, giving rise to a 'poetics of Hades'. In the Iliad, Homer shows how this alternative poetics works through the visit of Patroclus' shade in Achilles' dream. The recollection offered by the shade reveals an approach to its past in which regret, self-pity, and a lingering memory of intimate and emotional moments displace an objective tone and a traditional exposition of heroic values. The potential of Hades for providing alternative means of commemorating the past is more fully explored in the 'Nekyia' of Odyssey 11; there, Odysseus' extraordinary ability to see (idein) the dead in Hades allows him to meet and interview the shades of heroines and heroes of the epic past. The absolute confinement of Hades allows the shades to recount their stories from their own viewpoint. The poetic implications of this are important since by visiting Hades and hearing the shades' stories, Odysseus-and Homer--gains access to a tradition in which epic values associated with gender roles and even divine law are suspended in favour of a more immediate and personally inflected approach to the epic past. -- Prové de l'editorial.

Homer S Shade

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Author : Matt Patterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-31

Homer S Shade written by Matt Patterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-31 with categories.

In "Homer's Shade," classicist Matt Patterson posits that early Roman authors borrowed so much from the Greek tradition that Latin literature should be considered a sub-genre of Greek literature, and not an indigenous tradition.

Homer

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Author : James I. Porter
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2021-10-15

Homer written by James I. Porter and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with History categories.

The story of our ongoing fascination with Homer, the man and the myth. Homer, the great poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is revered as a cultural icon of antiquity and a figure of lasting influence. But his identity is shrouded in questions about who he was, when he lived, and whether he was an actual person, a myth, or merely a shared idea. Rather than attempting to solve the mystery of this character, James I. Porter explores the sources of Homer’s mystique and their impact since the first recorded mentions of Homer in ancient Greece. Homer: The Very Idea considers Homer not as a man, but as a cultural invention nearly as distinctive and important as the poems attributed to him, following the cultural history of an idea and of the obsession that is reborn every time Homer is imagined. Offering novel readings of texts and objects, the book follows the very idea of Homer from his earliest mentions to his most recent imaginings in literature, criticism, philosophy, visual art, and classical archaeology.

The Iliad Of Homer

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Author : Homer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822

The Iliad Of Homer written by Homer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with categories.

Homer Everyman Poetry

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Author : Homer
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-04-26

Homer Everyman Poetry written by Homer and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-26 with Poetry categories.

Selected verse from the Iliad and the Odyssey, edited by David Hopkins.