Homer by Powell, Barry B.

Homer (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405153249)

Vendor: Barry B. Powell
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Format: Hardcover
$119.95
$119.95
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Homer by Powell, Barry B.

Homer

$119.95
Homer by Powell, Barry B.

Homer

$119.95
Format: Hardcover
Description
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This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the "Homeric Question," illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the Iliad and the Odyssey, analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization.

  • Provides historical background and literary readings of The Iliad and The Odyssey
  • New to the second edition: a section on Homer's reception in ancient Greece; a chapter on Homer and archaeology; additional maps; an updated bibliography; a glossary of key terms; and information on the oral composition of the poems
  • Text is updated throughout
  • Assumes no prior knowledge of Greek


Author: Barry B. Powell
ISBN-10: 1405153245
ISBN-13: 9781405153249
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2007
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 251
By Barry B. Powell
By Barry B. Powell
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Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous publications include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991), A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (2001), Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2002), Classical Myth (fourth edition, 2004), and The Greeks: History, Culture, and Society (with Ian Morris, 2005).

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