Homer and his Iliad / Robin Lane Fox.

Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers...

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Main Author: Lane Fox, Robin, 1946- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2023.
Edition:First US edition.
Subjects:
Homer. > Iliad.
Homer > Technique.
Trojan War.
Guerre de Troie.
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Genre:
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Physical Description:xiii, 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.
Call Number:PA4037 .L326 2023
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781541600447
1541600444