Homer on Life and Death (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198140269)

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.

Author: Jasper Griffin
ISBN-10: 0198140266
ISBN-13: 9780198140269
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 12/15/1983
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.49w x 0.57d