{"product_id":"nine-essays-on-homer-9780847694242","title":"Nine Essays on Homer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gregory Nagy | Brian W. Breed | Mary Ebbott\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this collection addresses questions of intense interest in Homeric studies today: the questions of performance and poet-audience interaction, especially as depicted in idealized performances within the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e; the ways in which epic incorporates material of diverse genres, such as women's laments, blame poetry, or folk tales; how the ideological balance of epic can change and be influenced by \"alternative ideologies\" introduced through the incorporation of new material; the implications of the continuity of tradition for etymological studies; and how the traditional nature of epic affects textual criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays differ in focus and method, but all share one fundamental approach to Homer: an understanding of the Homeric tradition as a poetic system that expresses and preserves what is culturally important and a view of the Homeric epics as instances of a cultural tradition which they attempt to explore through the epics themselves and through the comparative, anthropological, and linguistic evidence they bring to bear on these texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA unique collection that explores Homeric poetry through a variety of tools and approaches-linguistics, philology, cultural anthropology, sociology, textual criticism, and archeology-this volume will be of interest to all scholars and students of oral poetry and Classical literature.","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614573871255,"sku":"9780847694242","price":6370.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780847694242.webp?v=1775094692","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/nine-essays-on-homer-9780847694242","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}