The Language of Heroes

by Richard P. Martin

Book Overview

Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801480701
• ISBN13: 9780801480706
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.