Homer's Original Genius: Eighteenth-Century Notions of the Early Greek Epic (1688-1798) Tapa dura - 1979

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. xiii, [1], 219pp, [1], original buckram in DJ. DJ spine faded. Some pencilled marginalia, otherwise fairly bright and clean. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/Good. 8vo.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge University Press. Fair. 1979. Hardcover. 0521221986 . Ex library, with remains of spine label and stamps on end paper (including discard from a British library). Good enough study copy.; 1688-1798; 9.9 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 240 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0521221986 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and removed pocket. Discard stamps along with adhesive stains and pocket remnants on ffep. Tape stains on back fep. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Looks at the 'querelle des anciens et des modernes' -- the question whether writers should imitate the classics or use literary forms which seemed more suited to their own era--and the debate in Europe since the earliest days of the Renaissance. ; 240 pages .

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 219 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes: Based on the author's thesis, University of Cambridge, 1972. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index. Contents: pt. 1. Ancients and moderns: Ancients and moderns: the problem of cultural progress -- Opposition to antiquity: Charles Perrault -- The interpretation of early Greek epic: Mme Dacier and the Homeric war -- Pope's view of Homer: 'fire' and invention -- Voltaire and the poetry of the primitive age -- pt. 2. Primitivism and realism: Epic genius: the departure from the neoclassical model -- Vico's discovery of the true Homer -- Thomas Blackwell: the problem of Homer's genius -- Notions of poetry and society in… Leer más

Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0521221986 . Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Looks at the 'querelle des anciens et des modernes' -- the question whether writers should imitate the classics or use literary forms which seemed more suited to their own era--and the debate in Europe since the earliest days of the Renaissance. ; 240 pages .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo. Hardcover. Very good/good. brown cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 219 pp dj spine sunned Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

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