Homer : The Very Idea Hardback
by James I Porter
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Homer, the great poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is revered as a cultural icon of antiquity and a figure of lasting influence.
But his identity is shrouded in questions about who he was, when he lived, and whether he was an actual person, a myth, or merely a shared idea.
Rather than attempting to solve the mystery of this character, James I.
Porter explores the sources of Homer’s mystique and their impact since the first recorded mentions of Homer in ancient Greece. Homer: The Very Idea considers Homer not as a man, but as a cultural invention nearly as distinctive and important as the poems attributed to him, following the cultural history of an idea and of the obsession that is reborn every time Homer is imagined.
Offering novel readings of texts and objects, the book follows the very idea of Homer from his earliest mentions to his most recent imaginings in literature, criticism, philosophy, visual art, and classical archaeology.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:280 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/10/2021
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- ISBN:9780226675893
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:280 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/10/2021
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- ISBN:9780226675893