The making of the Iliad : disquisition and analytical commentary / M.L. West.
"The Iliad, the greatest of epic poems, still astonishes by its graphic brilliance, depth of humanity, and masterly construction. Martin West puts himself in the poet's shoes and reconstructs his aims and methods and the process by which he built up his mighty work and fixed it in writing....
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. |
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Table of Contents:
- Disquisition : the making of the Iliad. Aims and assumptions ; The poet : when and where? ; Songs known and heard ; Troy and Achilles ; The growth of the poem ; Early reception and transmission
- Analytical commentary : the made Iliad.