Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on narratology and linguistics, this first systematic examination of all the speeches in the Iliad and the Odyssey reveals a unified system of speech presentation in the Homeric epics that includes supposedly “modern” techniques such as free indir
Trade Review"The book offers an abundance of technical observations...and will interest students of Homeric narrative technique and of speech theory generally."--Choice "The book offers an abundance of technical observations...and will interest students of Homeric narrative technique and of speech theory generally."--P. Nieto, Brown University
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Direct Quotation
- Chapter 2: Free Indirect Speech
- Chapter 3: Indirect Speech
- Chapter 4: Speech Mention
- Chapter 5: Speech Presentation in the Odyssey
- Chapter 6: Speech Presentation in the Iliad
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index Locorum
