The Scepter and the Spear
Studies on Forms of Repetition in the Homeric Poems
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:5th Oct '93
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The Scepter and the Spear is a wide-ranging reassessment of the study of Homer as literature in the wake of Milman Parry and Albert Lord's discoveries about the nature of oral poetry. Lowenstam's insights into such problems as the functional reality of formulae in general and epithets in particular will be of value not only to Classicists but also to all scholars and students interested in oral poetics.
S. shows throughout an acute perceptiveness, a superb knowledge of the bibliography, and a discriminating appreciation of the value of previous scholars' contribution, and I hope that scholars and students will give his remarkable book the attention it deserves. -- Mark W. Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Classics, Stanford University
...this adept treatment of Homeric diction successfully bridges the gap between the technical aspects of oral poetics and literary analysis. * Religious Studies Review *
This is a book that has changed the way I read the ^RIliad^I, has changed my scholarly work on the ^RIliad^I, and has changed the way I teach the ^RIliad^I. -- Andrew S. Becker, BRYN MAWR CLASSICAL REVIEW
...trumpets an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach. * Phoenix *
ISBN: 9780847677726
Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 22mm
Weight: 567g
280 pages