The Artistry of the Homeric Simile - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Artistry of the Homeric Simile write by William C. Scott. This book was released on 2012-01-15. The Artistry of the Homeric Simile available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An examination of the aesthetic qualities of the Homeric simile
The Artistry of the Homeric Simile
The Artistry of the Homeric Simile - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Artistry of the Homeric Simile write by William Clyde Scott. This book was released on 2009. The Artistry of the Homeric Simile available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The similes in Homer are treasure troves. They describe scenes of Greek life that are not presented in their simplest form anywhere else: landscapes and seascapes, storms and calm weather, fighting among animals, civic disputes, athletic contests, horse races, community entertainment, women involved in their daily tasks, men running their farms and orchards. These basic paratactic additions to the narrative show how the Greeks found and developed parallels between two scenes—each of which elucidated and interpreted the other—then expressed those scenes in effective poetic language. In The Artistry of the Homeric Simile, Scott explores the variations and modifications that Homer employs in order to make similes blend expressively with the larger context. This engaging study will help unlock the richness of Homer for the modern reader.
The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives
The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives write by Jonathan L. Ready. This book was released on 2018. The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presenting a new take on what made the Homeric epics such successful examples of verbal artistry, this volume explores the construction of the Homeric simile and the performance of Homeric poetry from the neglected comparative perspectives offered by the study of modern-day oral traditions.
The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile
The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile write by William Clyde Scott. This book was released on 2009. The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Simile and Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses
Simile and Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Simile and Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses write by Marie Louise von Glinski. This book was released on 2012-02-09. Simile and Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nulli sua forma manebat. The world of Ovid's Metamorphoses is marked by constant flux in which nothing keeps its original form. This book argues that Ovid uses the epic simile to capture states of unresolved identity - in the transition between human, animal and divine identity, as well as in the poem's textual ambivalence between genres and the negotiation of fiction and reality. In conjuring up a likeness, the mental image of the simile enters a dialectic of appearances in a visually complex and treacherous universe. Original and subtle close readings of episodes in the poem, from Narcissus to Adonis, from Diana's blush to the freeform dreams in the House of Sleep, trace the simile's potential for exploiting indeterminacy and immateriality. In its protean permutations the simile touches on the most profound issues of the poem - the nature of humanity and divinity and the essence of poetic creation.
