The Language of Heroes
by Richard P. Martin
"Speech and Performance in the Iliad"
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The Language of Heroes Book Details
War:
Trojan War
Perspective:
Researcher
Biography:
No
Region:
Europe
Page Count:
296
Published Date:
1989
ISBN13:
9780801423536
The Language of Heroes Book Description
Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture.