Epic interactions : perspectives on Homer, Virgil, and the epic tradition : presented to Jasper Griffin by former pupils /

This collection of chapters, written by former pupils of his, celebrates the career of Jasper Griffin, one of the foremost modern scholars of classical epic. The book surveys the epic tradition from the 8th century BC to the 19th century AD. Individual chapters focus on: Homer and the oral epic trad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clarke, Michael (Michael J.), Currie, Bruno, Lyne, R. O. A. M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Homer > Criticism and interpretation.
Homer > Influence.
Virgil > Criticism and interpretation.
Griffin, Jasper.
Griffin, Jasper
Homer
Virgil
Epic poetry, Classical > History and criticism.
Poésie épique ancienne > Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Epic poetry, Classical
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Essays.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Homer and the early epic tradition / Bruno Currie
  • Homer's religion : philological perspectives from Indo-European and Semitic / Simon Pulleyn
  • Homer and Herodotus / Christopher Pelling
  • Hellenistic epic and Homeric form / Gregory Hutchinson
  • The Aeneid : inheritance and empire / Rebecca Armstrong
  • The epic and the monuments : interactions between Virgil's Aeneid and the Augustan building programme / Stephen Harrison
  • Augustan responses to the Aeneid / Matthew Robinson
  • Statius and the sublimity of Capaneus / Matthew Leigh
  • Achilles, Byrhtnoth, and Cú Chulainn : continuity and analogy from Homer to the medieval north / Michael Clarke
  • Quantum Mutatus ab Illo : moments of change and recognition in Tasso and Milton / Emily Wilson.

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