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The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad (Myth and Poetics)
The Language of Heroes Speech and Performance in the Iliad - Myth and Poetics
Author: Richard P. Martin
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.
ISBN-13: 9780801480706
ISBN-10: 0801480701
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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