The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives: Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia

ISBN-13: 9780198802556 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 332 str.

Jonathan L. Ready

Opis

Presenting a new take on what made the Homeric epics such successful examples of verbal artistry, this volume explores the construction of the Homeric simile and the performance of Homeric poetry from the neglected comparative perspectives offered by the study of modern-day oral traditions.

Recenzje

With a discerning ear and a deft hand, Jonathan Ready orchestrates harmonious analyses of epic similes out of a seeming Babel of comparative materials. Scholarship on diverse oral epic traditions worldwide should take note of the intensity and rigor with which The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives constructs a highly formal yet adaptable model of artistic competence in performance.

O autorze

Jonathan L. Ready is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of Character, Narrator, and Simile in the Iliad (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and of numerous articles on Homeric epic, as well as the co-editor of the forthcoming Homer in Performance: Rhapsodes, Narrators, and Characters (University of Texas Press, 2018) and the annual Yearbook of Ancient Greek Epic (Brill).