| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 267 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface ·; CHAPTER ONE; Similes, the Shield of Achilles, and Other Digressions ·; The Usefulness of Book Divisions ·; CHAPTER TWO; The Simileme: The Background of the Homeric Simile ·; The Oral Nature of Homeric Verse ·; The Simileme ·; Homer and His Audience ·; Simile and Simileme ·; CHAPTER THREE; Homer's Use of Similes to Delineate Character and Plot ·; Iliad, Book 2: Ironic Characterization ·; The Similes of Book 2 ·; The Role of Similes in Book 2 ·; Iliad, Books 21 and 22: Similes to Show a Thematic Contrast ·; Iliad, Book 11: Similes to Mark a Shifting Scene ·; Conclusion · |
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CHAPTER FOURSimiles to Delineate a Narrative Theme ·; Iliad, Book 12: Direct Focus on a Single Theme ·; Iliad, Book 5: The Use of Parallel Similemes to Create a Unified Theme ·; Odyssey, Book 22: Similes to Interpret Typical Actions ·; Odyssey, Book 5: Thematic Similes ·; Conclusion ·; CHAPTER FIVE; Problem Books ·; Iliad, Book 13: The Ordering of Conscious Chaos ·; Iliad, Book 17: Similes as Guides through a Series of Type Scenes ·; Iliad, Book 16: Similes for Complexity ·; Conclusion ·; CHAPTER SIX; The Creative Poet and the Co-creating Audience ·; The Simile within the Narrative · |
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The Poet's Choices in Forming the Individual Simile ·The Creative Moment: Poet and Audience ·; Charts of Similemes: The Basic Motifs ·; Notes ·; Bibliography ·; Index · |
| Summary |
An examination of the aesthetic qualities of the Homeric simile |
| Notes |
Title from opening screen (viewed December 17, 2009) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Homer -- Literary style
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| SUBJECT |
Homer -- Literary style
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Homer fast |
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Greek language -- Figures of speech
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Oral-formulaic analysis.
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Oral tradition -- Greece
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Simile.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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Greek language -- Figures of speech
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Oral-formulaic analysis
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Oral tradition
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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Simile
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Literary style
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Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1611682290 |
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9781611682298 |
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