Homer: German Scholarship in Translation

by G. M. Wright, P. V. Jones

Overview

This book offers translations of ten influential articles and extracts on Homer by such prestigious German scholars as Wolfgang Schadewaldt, Karl Reinhardt, and Hermann Fraenkel. Ranging through such topics as similes, the adventures of Odysseus, Homeric-period social life, these key works will open entirely new perspectives for teachers and scholars in the English-speaking world. An accompanying introduction places the articles in context with contemporary scholarly concerns.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198147329
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/12/1998
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

Makes ten influential articles and extracts from books accessible to English monoglots. Works spanning the last half century by such scholars as Wolfgang Schadewaldt, Karl Feinhardt, and Hermann Fr<:a>kel examine such topics as similes, the end of the , the adventures of Odysseus, the meeting of Hector and Andromache, ring-composition, the Telemachy, and Homeric social life. An introduction places the treatments into the context of contemporary scholarly concerns. Quotations are from well-known direct English translations rather than from German versions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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