Homer's People: Epic Poetry and Social Formation

by Johannes Haubold

Book Overview

This book examines the role and character of Homer's people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned with the people as a basis for communal life. Both The Iliad and The Odyssey are read as sustained meditations on the processes involved in protecting and destroying the people. The investigation draws on a wide range of approaches from formulaic analysis to the study of early performance contexts. From a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521066417
• ISBN13: 9780521066419
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"