Measure and Music: Enjambement and Sentence Structure in the Iliad

ISBN-13: 9780198143871 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 240 str.

Higbie; Carolyn Higbie

Opis

This book is the first line-by-line analysis of enjambement and verse-internal breaks throughout the entire Iliad. Addressing larger, stylistic questions concerning genre, effect, and the manipulation and enjambing of formulae, Higbie examines a wide range of literary structures, including speeches, similes, battle scenes, and catalogues. A fundamental and thorough examination of enjambement in Homeric verse, this work will become a standard reference for scholars and students of Homer.

Recenzje

'Her book is much to be welcomed, and not only because it helps to fill an important gap in the literature; it is well written and free from jargon, and sets out the argument in a methodical and persuasive manner.' J.T. Hooker, University College of London, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. CXII, 1992