The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekpharsis

ISBN-13: 9780847679980 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 193 str.

Andrew Sprague Becker

Opis

In 'The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis', Becker explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. Becker also enters into a fiercely raging literary debate about the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative.