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Homer in the twentieth century : between world literature and the western canon /
A collection of essays exploring the crucial place of Homer in the cultural landscape of the twentieth century. It contributes to current debates about the nature of the Western literary canon, the evolving notion of world literature, the relationship between orality and the written word, and the di...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Classical presences.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | A collection of essays exploring the crucial place of Homer in the cultural landscape of the twentieth century. It contributes to current debates about the nature of the Western literary canon, the evolving notion of world literature, the relationship between orality and the written word, and the dialogue between texts across time and space. - ;This collection of essays explores the crucial place of Homer in the shifting cultural landscape of the twentieth century. It argues that Homer was viewed both as the founding father of the Western literary canon and as sharing important features with p. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-311) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191538308 0191538302 9786611155278 6611155279 0199591318 9780199591312 1281155276 9781281155276 1429489979 9781429489973 |
| Language: | English. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
| Action Note: | digitized |