{"product_id":"homeric-responses-paperback-softback-9780292705548","title":"Homeric Responses (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292705548","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHomeric Responses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory Nagy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292705548\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e112 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Homeric \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e are among the world's foremost epics. Yet, millennia after their composition, basic questions remain about them. Who was Homer-a real or an ideal poet? When were the poems composed-at a single point in time, or over centuries of composition and performance? And how were the poems committed to writing? These uncertainties have been known as The Homeric Question, and many scholars, including Gregory Nagy, have sought to solve it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHomeric Responses,\u003c\/i\u003e Nagy presents a series of essays that further elaborate his theories regarding the oral composition and evolution of the Homeric epics. Building on his previous work in \u003ci\u003eHomeric Questions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoetry as Performance: Homer and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e and responding to some of his critics, he examines such issues as the importance of performance and the interaction between audience and poet in shaping the poetry; the role of the rhapsode (the performer of the poems) in the composition and transmission of the poetry; the \"irreversible mistakes\" and cross-references in the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e as evidences of artistic creativity; and the Iliadic description of the shield of Achilles as a pointer to the world outside the poem, the polis of the audience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Abbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prologue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction. Four Questions \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Question 1. About Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Question 2. About the Evolutionary Model \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Question 3. About Dictation Models \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Question 4. About Cross-References in Homer \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Homeric Responses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Homeric Rhapsodes and the Concept of Diachronic Skewing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Irreversible Mistakes and Homeric Clairvoyance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. The Shield of Achilles: Ends of the Iliad and Beginnings of the Polis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681253552408,"sku":"9780292705548","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/homeric-responses-paperback-softback-9780292705548","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}