Poetry in Speech Orality and Homeric Discourse

Applying linguistic theory to the study of Homeric style, Egbert J. Bakker offers a highly innovative approach to oral poetry, particularly the poetry of Homer. By situating formulas and other features of oral style within the wider contexts of spoken language and communication, he moves the study o...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1997
Series:Myth and Poetics
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