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Tradition and Design in the Iliad

By Cecil Maurice Bowra

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
1963
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13784934 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
X+278\296
Topic
Literature
Time added
2019-07-05 22:47:18

Description

First published 1930. This book is a study of the "Iliad" as a work of art. The author shows how Homer takes traditional themes and artifices and subordinates them to his poetic purpose. In the course of the book many aspects of the Homeric question are considered from a new point of view, including language, metre, and history. It closes with a chapter on the probable place and date of the composition of the poem. I. Tradition and Design 1 II. The Origins of the Epic 27 III. The Hexameter 53 IV. Some Primitive Elements 67 V. Repetitions and Contradictions 87 VI. The Similes 114 VII. The Language 129 VIII. The Historical Background 156 IX. The Characters 192 X. Homeric Theology 215 XI. Homer and the Heroic Age 234 XII. Homer's Time and Place 251

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