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The Poetry of Homer.
by Bassett, Samuel Eliot
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- Hardcover
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Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
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Ancient world bse Bassett, Samuel Eliot. The Poetry of Homer. (Sather classical lectures; v. 15, 1938). Berkeley, California: University of California Press, (1938), 273p, notes, index.
This is a photo reprint, probably from the 1980's, when a professor of classics was studying in Tubingen. Seems he had privately reprinted a number of works on the ancient work. Must have been very expensive for him. Very good. Red cloth spine, matching gray paper over boards, paper label on spine. $15.00 Box 12
Contents: An important Homeric problem and its postulates -- The epic illusion -- The epic illusion (continued) -- The breaking of the epic illusion -- The poet and his audience -- The poet as singer -- Homer the poetic demiurge -- The poet as realist and as idealist.
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- Bookseller
- Focloir
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- Ancient world bse
- Title
- The Poetry of Homer.
- Author
- Bassett, Samuel Eliot
- Format/Binding
- Good copy of reprint.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, California
- Date Published
- (1938)
- Pages
- 273
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient World; Greece, History and Literature; Greek literature; Poetry;
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