Conventions of Form and Thought in Early Greek Epic Poetry Tapa dura - 1984

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The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984-10-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Sturdy. Service wear and tear on DJ (rips on the top, scuffing and smudge on the back) Clean and unmarked pages. Slight yellowing from age. Foxing on the sides and tops of the pages jr

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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Black boards with white lettering; white and brown lettering with bw illustration, mylar cover; xxv, 262 pp. Contents: The organization of thought -- The design of the poem -- a. The Theogony -- b. The Iliad -- c. The Odyssey -- d. The Works and days -- e. The Shield of Herakles -- f. The Hymn to Apollo -- g. The Catalogue of women -- h. The poems and the larger unity -- The gifts of the gods -- The poets on their art, I : the performance of hexameter poetry -- The poets on their art, II : the introduction to Hesoid's Theogony and the self-reflectiveness of hexameter poetry -- Poetry in the Odyssey -- Epilogue. Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247).

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Light wear. XXV-262 p. ; 24 cm.

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0801831954 . 9.8 X 7.9 X 0.6 inches; 288 pages .

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0801831954 . Very light foxing to endpapers. One tiny chip to top of DJ. Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Represents the first systematic attempt to treat all Greek poems composed in dactylic hexameter from the eighth to the sixth centuries B. C. As a homogeneous and coherent body of poetry. Thalmann argues that there is a fundamental kinship among the Iliad and the Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days, the Homeric Hymns and other early epics of which only fragments survive. Table of Contents are: 1. The Organization of Thought 2. Design of the Poem 3. Gifts of the Gods 4. Poets on their art I and II 6. Poetry in the Odyssey. ; 262 pages .

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0801831954 . Spine is a little sunned. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's name to half-title (G. P. Goold). ; Represents the first systematic attempt to treat all Greek poems composed in dactylic hexameter from the eighth to the sixth centuries B. C. As a homogeneous and coherent body of poetry. Thalmann argues that there is a fundamental kinship among the Iliad and the Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days, the Homeric Hymns and other early epics of which only fragments survive. Table of Contents are: 1. The Organization of Thought 2. Design of the Poem 3. Gifts of the Gods 4. Poets on their art I and II 6. Poetry in the Odyssey. ; 262 pages .

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