Pointing at the past : from formula to performance in Homeric poetics / Egbert J. Bakker.

Author/creator Bakker, Egbert J.
Other author Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxiii, 205 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Homer--Technique.
Homer--Language.
Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
Performing arts--Greece.
Epic poetry--Authorship.
Oral tradition--Greece.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
Rhetoric, Ancient.

SeriesHellenic studies ; 12
Hellenic studies ; 12. ^A584134
Contents Peripheral and nuclear semantics -- Formula, context, and synonymy -- How oral is oral composition? -- Mimesis as performance -- The poetics of deixis -- Storytelling in the future -- Similes, augment, and the language of immediacy -- Remembering the god's arrival -- Mohammed and the mountain.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-190) and indexes.
LCCN 2005020621
ISBN0674019555
ISBN9780674019553

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PA4177.E6 B35 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold