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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.

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This is the best book on Homer in the Engligh language. * Necj Reviews *

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Editor's Introduction Chapter 3 An Important Homeric Problem and its Postulates Chapter 4 The Epic Illusion Chapter 5 The Epic Illusion (Continued) Chapter 6 The Breaking of the Epic Illusion Chapter 7 The Poet and His Audience Chapter 8 The Poet as Singer Chapter 9 Homer the Poetic Demiurge Chapter 10 The Poet as Realist and as Idealist

The Poetry of Homer Edited with an Introduction

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 7/9/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780739106952, 978-0739106952
      ISBN10: 0739106953

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      This is the best book on Homer in the Engligh language. * Necj Reviews *

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Editor's Introduction Chapter 3 An Important Homeric Problem and its Postulates Chapter 4 The Epic Illusion Chapter 5 The Epic Illusion (Continued) Chapter 6 The Breaking of the Epic Illusion Chapter 7 The Poet and His Audience Chapter 8 The Poet as Singer Chapter 9 Homer the Poetic Demiurge Chapter 10 The Poet as Realist and as Idealist

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