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The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
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Hardcover
from Cornell Univ Pr (March 1, 1990)
9780801423536 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $49.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
from Cornell Univ Pr (January 1, 1993)
9780801480706 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $23.50