Homer's people : epic poetry and social formation

Homer's people : epic poetry and social formation / Johannes Haubold.

"This book examines the role and character of Homer's people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned with the people as a basis for communal life. Both the Iliad and the Odyssey are read as sustained meditations on the processes involved in prote...

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Main Author: Haubold, Johannes
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Cambridge classical studies.
Subjects:
Homer > Political and social views.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Greece.
Literature and society > Greece.
Social structure in literature.
Community life in literature.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Call Number: PA4037 .H38 2000
Status: Available

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