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Homer: A Very Short Introduction [#598]
Homer: A Very Short Introduction [#598]
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『イーリアス』と『オデュッセイア』は西洋文学史上最初期の最も影響力の持つ作品ながら、その作者とされるホメーロスは実在したのかどうかさえわからない謎めいた存在です。しかし紀元前3-2世紀のアレキサンドリア図書館で古代の研究者たちがホメーロス叙事詩の注釈書を執筆して以来今日まで、数多の芸術家、作家、哲学者、音楽家、劇作家、映画製作者にインスピレーションを与え続けてきた事実には違いありません。物語の中心を成す主な文学的、歴史的、文化的、考古学的論点に触れながら、その普遍的魅力を分析します。(cf. The Odyssey (Oxford World's Classics); The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics))
  

  • Offers a guide to the main literary, historical, cultural, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homer's works
  • Analyses Homer's key poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and considers their themes
  • Considers the reception of Homer's work, and its influences on literature, art, cinema, and theatre throughout history
  • Originally published in hardback as Homer

 
Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are widely considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of western literature. Yet their author, 'the greatest poet that ever lived' is something of a mystery. By the 6th century BCE, Homer had already become a mythical figure, and today debate continues as to whether he ever existed.
  
In this Very Short Introduction Barbara Graziosi considers Homer's famous works and their impact on readers throughout the centuries. She shows how the Iliad and the Odyssey benefit from a tradition of reading that spans well over two millennia, stemming from ancient scholars at the library of Alexandria, in the third and second centuries BCE, who wrote some of the first commentaries on the Homeric epics. Summaries of these scholars' notes made their way into the margins of Byzantine manuscripts; from Byzantium the annotated manuscripts travelled to Italy; and the ancient notes finally appeared in the first printed editions of Homer, eventually influencing our interpretation of Homer's work today. Along the way, Homer's works have inspired artists, writers, philosophers, musicians, playwrights, and film-makers. Exploring the main literary, historical, cultural, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homer's narratives, Graziosi analyses the enduring appeal of Homer and his iconic works.

目次: 

Introduction
1. Looking for Homer
2. Textual Clues
3. Material Clues
4. The Poet in the Poems
5. The Wrath of Achilles
6. A Poem about Troy
7. The tragedy of Hector
8. The Man of Many Turns
9. Women and Monsters
10. An Infernal Journey
References
Further reading
Index

著者について: 

Barbara Graziosi is Professor of Classics at Durham University. She is the author of Inventing Homer (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and together with Johannes Haubold she wrote Homer: The Resonance of Epic (Duckworth, 2005), and completed a commentary on Iliad 6 for the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics (Cambridge University press, 2010). Together with Emily Greenwood she edited Homer in the Twentieth Century: Between World Literature and the Western Canon (Oxford University Press, 2007), and she co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies (2009), along with George Boys-Stones and Phiroze Vasunia.

"The author has perfectly mastered the material under investigation and, even when speaking of allusions in the Homeric text to other myths, she does not generally force the interpretation in an attempt to establish improbable chronologies... it is easy to appreciate Graziosi's clarity of presentation and ability to offer precise and brief definitions... the book constitutes not only an accurate critical evaluation of Homeric studies for the benefit of scholars, but also a valuable and accessible introduction to the subject for non-specialist readers." - Carmine Pisano, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
  

"An excellent, up-to-date, synthesis." - Lucia Marchini, Minerva
  

"Graziosi's stimulating account of that resonance in such a short, up-to-date and readable book makes this the perfect introduction to Homer." - Times Literary Supplement
  

"clear, beautifully written, enthusiasm-radiating volume" - Times Higher Education

商品情報

ISBN : 9780199589944

著者: 
Barbara Graziosi
ページ
160 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2019年03月
シリーズ
Very Short Introductions
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Homer: A Very Short Introduction [#598]

Homer: A Very Short Introduction [#598]

Homer: A Very Short Introduction [#598]