Book Description
Presents a collection of eight critical essays on the works of Homer.
Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 1438113099
Presents a collection of eight critical essays on the works of Homer.
Author : Homer
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 1865
Category : Trojan War
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Author : Homer
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 10,19 MB
Release : 1814
Category : Achilles (Greek mythology)
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Author : Homer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2014-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780199394074
Renowned Homer scholar Barry B. Powell has already given the world powerful new translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Now his Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: The Essential Books brings together his translations of the most important books and passages from these two great poems in one handy volume. Accessible, poetic, and accurate, Barry Powell's translations are an excellent fit for today's students. With swift, transparent language that rings both ancient and modern, Powell exposes students to all of the rage, pleasure, pathos, cunning, and humor that are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Both the translations and the introductions are informed by the best recent scholarship. FEATURES * Uses well-modulated verse and accurate English that is contemporary but never without dignity * Powell's introduction sets the poems in their philological, mythological, and historical contexts * Features unique on-page notes, facilitating students' engagement with the poems * Embedded illustrations accompanied by extensive captions provide Greek and Roman visual sources for key passages * Maps provide geographic context for the poems' many place names * Audio recordings (read by Powell) of important passages are available on the book's Companion Website and indicated in the text margin by an icon
Author : Padraic Colum
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Mythology, Greek
ISBN :
A retelling of the events of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
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Page : 1250 pages
File Size : 37,45 MB
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Author : M. S. Silk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 37,52 MB
Release : 2004-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521539968
This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. This revised edition takes account of recent scholarship in the field and includes an updated guide to further reading. It is essential reading for students of literature and classics.
Author : Steven Runciman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 1987-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521347709
Sir Steven Runciman explores the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem.
Author : László Krasznahorkai
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 29,24 MB
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811227987
A classic escape nightmare, Chasing Homer is sped on not only by Krasznahorkai’s signature velocity, but also by a unique musical score and intense illustrations In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed—careening through Europe, heading blindly South. Faster and faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies forward, blending into crowds, adjusting to terrains, hopping on and off ferries, always desperately trying to stay a step ahead of certain death: the past did not exist, only what was current existed—a prisoner of the instant, rushing into this instant, an instant that had no continuation … Krasznahorkai—celebrated for the exhilarating energy of his prose—outdoes himself in Chasing Homer. And this unique collaboration boasts beautiful full-color paintings by Max Neumann and—reaching out of the book proper—the wildly percussive music of Szilveszter Miklós scored for each chapter (to be accessed by the reader via QR codes).
Author : Ian Morris
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004099890
This volume is the first English-language survey of Homeric studies to appear for more than a generation, and the first such work to attempt to cover all fields comprehensively. Thirty leading scholars from Europe and America provide short, authoritative overviews of the state of knowledge and current controversies in the many specialist divisions in Homeric studies. The chapters pay equal attention to literary, mythological, linguistic, historical, and archaeological topics, ranging from such long-established problems as the "Homeric Question" to newer issues like the relevance of narratology and computer-assisted quantification. The collection, the third publication in Brill's handbook series, "The Classical Tradition," will be valuable at every level of study - from the general student of literature to the Homeric specialist seeking a general understanding of the latest developments across the whole range of Homeric scholarship.