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Drawing 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

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"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

Speech Presentation in Homeric Epic

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 November 2012
      ISBN-13 9780292756793
      978-0292756793
      ISBN-10 0292756798

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing 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

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