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Yale Classical Studies, Volume XX: HOMERIC STUDIES
by Kirk, G.S. and Adam Parry (Editors)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Under the general theme of Homer and early Greek hexameter poetry, the contents of this volume range from the problems of Homeric authorship and transmission (Adam Parry), through stylistic and interpretive questions in the Odyssey (Anne Amory) to the detailed mechanics of style, particularly oral style, in Homer (G.S. Kirk and J.A. Russo) and the effect of oral style on Hesiod's conceptual developments (Eric Havelock). Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very light fading and wear.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67396
- Title
- Yale Classical Studies, Volume XX: HOMERIC STUDIES
- Author
- Kirk, G.S. and Adam Parry (Editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Literature, Homer, Epic Poetry, Oral Literature, Ancient Greece, Greek Mythology, Literary Criticism
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Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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