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Written voices, spoken signs : tradition, performance, and the epic text

Bakker, Egbert J., Kahane, Ahuvia

1997

Overview

Written Voices, Spoken Signs is a stimulating introduction to new perspectives on Homer and other traditional epics. Taking advantage of recent research on language and social exchange, the nine innovative essays in this volume--by leading scholars of Homer, oral poetics, and epic--focus on performance and audience reception of oral poetry.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Subject: Comparative literature-Greek and Medieval-Congresses / Comparative literature-Medieval and Greek-Congresses / Epic poetry, Greek / Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. -- Congresses / Epic poetry, Medieval -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. -- Congresses / Epic poetry-History and criticism-Theory, etc.-Congresses / Homer -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses / Literature, Comparative / Literature, Comparative -- Greek and medieval -- Congresses / Literature, Comparative -- Medieval and Greek -- Congresses / Mythology, Greek, in literature-Congresses / Oral interpretation of poetry / Oral interpretation of poetry -- Congresses / Oral tradition / Oral tradition -- Europe -- Congresses / Oral tradition -- Greece -- Congresses / Oral-formulaic analysis / Oral-formulaic analysis -- Congresses / Written communication / Written communication -- Greece -- Congresses
• ISBN: 9780674962606, 0674962605