Homeric Soundings by Taplin
To a reader, the Iliad may seem long and shapeless. But Oliver Taplin's careful study, through sample explorations or soundings, reveals powerful networks of connected scenes and motif. These networks which may well have been more immediate to an audience gathered to hear the whole poem performed out loud, probably during the course of three successive nights.
'There is much to appreciate hereThe author us an experienced communicator, with a notably accurate knowledge and understanding of the Iliad. He helps the reader to consider questions not previously in mind. And he has made a really important advance on the problem of the relationship between the structure of the poem and its public performance some two and three quarter millennia ago.' M.M. Willcock, University College, London, The Classical Review, Vol. XLIII, No. 2, 1993
a must...which, if anything, appeals that much more on re-reading. * Greece and Rome Reviews 42 *
a must...which, if anything, appeals that much more on re-reading. * Greece and Rome Reviews 42 *
Taplin is the author of The Stagecraft of Aeschylus (OUP 1977, Clarendon Paperbacks 1989), Greek Tragedy in Action (Methuen 1978, revised edn 1985), Greek Fire (Jonathan Cape 1990), and with B. Rubens, An Odyssey Round Odysseus (BBC Books 1989). He presented the Radio 4 series on Odysseus (1989) and was academic adviser to the Channel 4 series `Greek Fire'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198150145 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198150148 |
| Title | Homeric Soundings |
| Author | Oliver Taplin |
| Series | Clarendon Paperbacks |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1995-03-23 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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