The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives

The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives

Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia

Jonathan L. Ready
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Publisher Description

Presenting a new take on what made the Homeric epics such successful examples of verbal artistry, this volume explores the construction of the Homeric simile and the performance of Homeric poetry from the neglected comparative perspectives offered by the study of modern-day oral traditions.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
8 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
1.8
MB

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