Homer and His Iliad

Name: Homer and His Iliad
Author: Robin Lane Fox

Auteur: Robin Lane Fox

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Robin Lane Fox

Engels
Hardcover
9780241524510
13 juli 2023
368 pagina's

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A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicists Homer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles and its dreadful consequences for the warring Greeks and Trojans. It was composed more than 2600 years ago, but still transfixes us with its tale of loss and battle, love and revenge, guided throughout by the active presence of the gods. Its beauty and profound bleakness are intensely moving but great questions remain: where, how and when it was composed and why it has such enduring power? In this compelling book Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a life-long love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date and a method for its composition, giving us a sense of alternative approaches and grounding his own in discoveries about long heroic poems composed elsewhere in the world, and the ever-growing evidence of archaeology. Unlike other books on the Iliad, this one combines the detailed expertise of a historian with the sensitivity of a teacher of it as poetry. Lane Fox goes on to consider hallmarks of the poem, its values, implicit and explicit, its characters, its women, its gods and even its horses. He argues repeatedly for its beautiful observation and addresses its parallel use of what is, to us, the natural world. Thousands of readers turn to the Iliad every year. In this superbly written and conceived tribute, Lane Fox expresses and amplifies what old and new readers can find in it. It is pervaded, he argues, by a poignant hardness which is not just a poetic trick. It is a deeply held view of the world.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 13 juli 2023
Aantal pagina's: 368

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Hoofdauteur: Robin Lane Fox
Hoofduitgeverij: Allen Lane

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Product breedte: 162 mm
Product hoogte: 41 mm
Product lengte: 240 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 162 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 41 mm
Verpakking lengte: 240 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 723 g

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Categorieën: Geschiedenis

Poëzie, Bloemlezingen & Letterkunde

Archeologie

Klassieke teksten

Literatuurwetenschap

Sagen & Heldenverhalen

Klassiek & Middeleeuws

Oude beschavingen

Oude Grieken

Boeken

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