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Author:

Burgess, Jonathan S., 1960-

Title:

The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle / Jonathan S. Burgess.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

xvi, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Homer--Troy (Extinct city)--Troy (Extinct city)
Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
Trojan War--Literature and the war.
Troy (Extinct city)--In literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--To 1500.
Literature and history--Greece.
Lost literature--Greece.
Cycles (Literature)
Homer--Influence.
Homère--Et Troie (Ville ancienne)
Homère--Influence.
Poésie épique grecque--Histoire et critique.
Guerre de Troie--Littérature et guerre.
Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
Littérature et histoire--Grèce.
Œuvres perdues (Littérature)--Grèce.
Cycles (Littérature)
Troie (Ville ancienne) dans la littérature.
Trojaanse oorlog.
Ilias (Homerus)
Odyssea (Homerus)
Epen.
Grieks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ONE -- The Epic Cycle and the Tradition of the Trojan War 7 -- Origins of the Cycle Poems -- The Manufacture of the Epic Cycle -- The "Cyclic" Tradition of the Trojan War -- "Cyclic" Trojan War Images -- Later Manifestations -- TWO -- Homer and the Tradition of the Trojan War 47 -- "Cyclic"Myth in the Homeric Poems -- The Date of the Homeric Poems -- Iliadic Images -- Cyclops: Image and Folktale -- Homeric Passages -- THREE -- The Epic Cycle and Homer 132 -- Cropping around the Homeric Poems -- Extent of the Cycle Poems -- Homeric Influence on the Epic Cycle? -- Non-HomericAspects of the Epic Cycle.

Summary:

Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.

ISBN:

9780801866524 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0801866529 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

00011637

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)