Homer's Allusive Art
Author | : Bruno Currie |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198768821 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198768826 |
Rating | : 4/5 (826 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Homer's Allusive Art by : Bruno Currie
Download or read book Homer's Allusive Art written by Bruno Currie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homer's Allusive Art argues for a new understanding of Homeric allusion and its place in literary history through a series of interlocking case studies, exploring whether there can have been historical continuity in a poetics of allusion stretching from the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh through to the Aeneid and Metamorphoses.