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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-100847686973
ISBN-139780847686971
eBay Product ID (ePID)177209
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Book TitleOut of Line : Homeric Composition Beyond the Hexameter
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPoetry, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year1997
GenreLiterary Criticism, Drama
AuthorMatthew Clark
Book SeriesGreek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-035673
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsWhat Clark does is to look closely at the compositional technique the poet developed for handling enjambement, and he distinguishes a number of categories., "What Clark does is to look closely at the compositional technique the poet developed for handling enjambement, and he distinguishes a number of categories." --Peter Jones, The Joint Association Of Classical Teachers "C. has made a useful, and agreeably written, contribution to our yet incomplete understanding." --J.B. Hainsworth, New College, Oxford, Classical Review "...clearly written book..." -- Phoenix " Out of Line is well argued." -- Classical World ". . . generally successful." --S. Douglas Olson, University of Minnesota, Religious Studies Review
Dewey Decimal883/.01
SynopsisBuilding upon the groundbreaking work of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, Out of Line presents a new theory of Homeric composition, focusing upon patterns that extend beyond the boundary of the line and the clause. Matthew Clark takes enjambment as a starting point, analyzing the techniques used by the poet to complete a line that begins with a runover. Clark proceeds to propose two levels of analysis, a "deep-structure" level, which describes the associations of words and ideas before they take metrical form, and a "surface-structure" level, which describes the words as they are employed on any particular occasion. Out of Line combines formulaic and metrical analysis, expanding the study of Homeric meter both in practice, by taking into account larger compositional structures such as entire scenes, and in theory, by using the results to test models of formulaic composition. This book is important for students and scholars of Homer, epic, and oral literature.
LC Classification NumberPA4205.C57 1997
