The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics)

The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics) image
ISBN-10:

0801423538

ISBN-13:

9780801423536

Edition: 1
Released: Mar 01, 1990
Publisher: NCROL
Format: Hardcover, 265 pages
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Description:

Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture.

























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