| The Poetry of Homer: Edited with an Introduction by Bruce Heiden Contributor(s): Bassett, S. E. (Author), Heiden, Bruce (Editor), Nagy, Greg (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0739106953 ISBN-13: 9780739106952 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $137.61 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: S.E. Bassett's classic work The Poetry of Homer investigates the rhetorical techniques that enable the Iliad and the Odyssey speak to both ancient and modern audiences. Somewhat neglected in the decades after its posthumous publication in 1938, it has become an immensely influential work and has left its mark on a generation of Classicists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Drama | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| LCCN: 2003047673 |
| Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.44" W x 9.3" (1.27 lbs) 306 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Samuel Eliot Bassett's classic work The Poetry of Homer investigates the rhetorical techniques that have made the Iliad and the Odyssey speak to audiences throughout the ages. Combining a sublime poetic sensitivity with thorough scholarship this work offers original analyses of many topics, including the Homeric narrator's presentation of his story, his evocation of character through direct speech, the organization of speeches and descriptions into vivd dramatic situations, the pacing and emotional weight of similes and narratorial interventions, and the expressive variation in rhythms and word-groupings. A prolific and insightful contributor to Homeric scholarship, Bassett was invited to deliver the Sather Classical Lecture at Berkeley, but he died with the manuscript unpublished. This work, published posthumously in 1938 as The Poetry of Homer, has left its mark on a generation of classicists. Lexington is proud to bring such an important and influential book back into print in this new edition, edited and introduced by Bruce Heiden with a foreword by Greg Nagy. |