| Measure and Music: Enjambement and Sentence Structure in the Iliad Contributor(s): Higbie, Carolyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198143877 ISBN-13: 9780198143871 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1991 Annotation: This book is the first line-by-line analysis of enjambement and verse-internal breaks throughout the entire Iliad. Addressing larger, stylistic questions concerning genre, effect, and the manipulation and enjambing of formulae, Higbie examines a wide range of literary structures, including speeches, similes, battle scenes, and catalogues. A fundamental and thorough examination of enjambement in Homeric verse, this work will become a standard reference for scholars and students of Homer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| LCCN: 90006780 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the first line-by-line analysis of enjambement and verse-internal breaks throughout the entire Iliad. Addressing larger, stylistic questions concerning genre, effect, and the manipulation and enjambing of formulae, Higbie examines a wide range of literary structures, including speeches, similes, battle scenes, and catalogues. A fundamental and thorough examination of enjambement in Homeric verse, this work will become a standard reference for scholars and students of Homer. |
