Nestor : Poetic Memory in Greek Epic

ISBN-13: 9780815320739 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 264 str.

Keith M. Dickson; Keith Dickson

Opis

Taking the aged character Nestor in the Iliad and Odyssey as an archetype of the traditional oral poet, examines the portrayal of him to reveal ancient Greek concepts of poetic memory, narrative authority, and the tension between tradition and individuality. Finds that oral narrative can become self

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Naming Nestor; Chapter 2 Nestor as AOIDOS; Chapter 3 Nestor as Intercessor; Chapter 4 Nestor as Host; Chapter 5 Conclusion;

O autorze

Keith Dickson