The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics)

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The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics)

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Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture.

The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics),Richard P. Martin,Cornell University Press,0801423538,Achilles (Greek mythology) in,Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature,Epic poetry, Greek,Greek Literature,History and criticism,Homer,Iliad,Literature and the war,Literature: Classics,Trojan War,Language

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