Homer on Life and Death by Jasper Griffin
This book demonstrates how Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on persons and actions, interpreting the world and the lives of the people who inhabit it. Taking central themes like characterization, death, and the gods, the author argues that current ideas of the limitations of "oral poetry" are unreal, and that Homer embodies a view of the world both unique and profound.
Griffin's book provides the intellectual stimuli which are important for my students at the beginning level and which should prove even more thought-provoking for my honors students* David J. Bradshaw, Warren Wilson College *
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198140269 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198140266 |
| Title | Homer on Life and Death |
| Author | Jasper Griffin |
| Series | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1983-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 234 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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