Bibliograph

Readings on Homer, Don Nardo, book editor

Type

Label

Readings on Homer, Don Nardo, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-172) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Readings on Homer

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

36621781

Responsibility statement

Don Nardo, book editor

Series statement

Greenhaven Press literary companion to world authors

Table Of Contents

Homer's epic style / Jasper Griffin -- Homer's use of imagery, symbols, and formulas / Cedric H. Whitman -- Homeric honor and cultural values / J. Frank Papovich -- Homer's view of the gods as divinity Walter F. Otto -- Homer's attitude toward death / Seth L. Schein -- The story of the Illiad / Edith Hamilton -- The Illiad and the heroic ideal / by Michael Grant -- Achilles: an exceptional hero gains self-awareness / M.S. Silk -- Helen: a prisoner of her own beauty / Rachel Bespaloff -- Force as the central concept of the Illiad / Simone Weil -- The story told by the Odyssey / Mark P.O. Morford and Robert J. Lenardon -- How the Odyssey differs in shape and character from the Iliad / C.M. Bowra -- Homer's accurate depiction of seafaring in the Odyssey / Ernle Bradford -- Crime and punishment in the Odyssey / George Dimock -- Why does wise Penelope act so rashly? / Frederick M. Combellack -- Deception used for comic effect in the Odyssey / Reynold Z. Burrows

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