| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) |
| Contents |
Part I. Discourse and memory -- Introduction -- 1. Speech acts in Homer : the rebuke as a case study -- 2. On declining an invitation : context, form, and function -- 3. Questions in the Odyssey : rhythm and regularity -- 4. Hysteron proteron in questions and answers -- 5. Verbal behaviour in its social context : three question strategies in the Odyssey -- Part II. Discourse and gender -- 6. Linguistic choices in Homer : rebukes and protests -- 7. Competitive and co-operative strategies I : information-questions -- 8. Competitive and co-operative strategies II : directives -- 9. Competitive and co-operative strategies III : interruptions -- 10. Storytelling and gender -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Although there has been considerable interest over time in the composition of narrative sections of the Homeric epics - type-scenes and similes, in particular - there have been very few studies, from a compositional point of view, of the substantial speeches and exchanges of speech that Homer depicts in his songs. Homeric Voices is an attempt to redress the balance. Drawing on research in sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and cognitive psychology, Elizabeth Minchin considers the words that Homer attributes to his characters from two perspectives, as cognitive and as social phenomena."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-302) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Homer fast |
| Subject |
Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Speech in literature.
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Oratory, Ancient.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- History and criticism -- Theory
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Oratory, Ancient
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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Speech in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0191535613 |
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9781429491235 |
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142949123X |
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9780191535611 |
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1281164917 |
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9781281164919 |
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9780191707070 |
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0191707074 |
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9786611164911 |
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661116491X |
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