| Homeric Conversation Contributor(s): Beck, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674019628 ISBN-13: 9780674019621 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2006 Annotation: "Homeric Conversation" is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems. Deborah Beck argues that conversation should be considered a traditional Homeric type scene, alongside recognized types such as arrival, sacrifice, battle, and hospitality. Drawing on both linguistics and previous work on type scenes and oral aesthetics, the book describes the typical conversational patterns that characterize a range of situations, including one-on-one conversation, formal assemblies, battlefield encounters, and laments. Departures from these typical patterns for conversation provide the basis for a wide-ranging, closely argued aesthetic analysis of repetition and variation in the Homeric epics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| LCCN: 2005026662 |
| Series: Hellenic Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.92" W x 8.62" (1.06 lbs) 317 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Greece - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Homeric Conversation is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems. Deborah Beck argues that conversation should be considered a traditional Homeric type scene, alongside recognized types such as arrival, sacrifice, battle, and hospitality. Drawing on both linguistics and previous work on type scenes and oral aesthetics, the book describes the typical conversational patterns that characterize a range of situations, including one-on-one conversation, formal assemblies, battlefield encounters, and laments. Departures from these typical patterns for conversation provide the basis for a wide-ranging, closely argued aesthetic analysis of repetition and variation in the Homeric epics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beck, Deborah: - Deborah Beck is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at Swarthmore College. |