Author : Jasper Griffin
Release : 1980
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 269/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Homer on Life and Death by : Jasper Griffin
Download or read book Homer on Life and Death written by Jasper Griffin. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on persons and actions, interpreting the world and the lives of the people who inhabit it. Taking central themes like characterization, death, and the gods, the author argues that current ideas of the limitations of "oral poetry" are unreal, and that Homer embodies a view of the world both unique and profound.
