The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation
Author:   Emma Greensmith (University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108830331


Pages:   380
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Format:   Hardback
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The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica and the Poetics of Impersonation


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Author:   Emma Greensmith (University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 23.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9781108830331


ISBN 10:   1108830331
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Beginning again (introduction): the poetics of impersonation; Part I. Quintus as Homer: Illusion and Imitation: 1. Enlarging the space: imperial doubleness, fixity, expansion; 2. Writing homer: language, composition and style; Part II. Quintus as Quintus: Antagonism and Assimilation: 3. When homer quotes callimachus: the proem (not) in the middle; 4. Selective memory and iliadic revision; 5. Prodigal poetics: filiation and succession; 6. Temporality and the homeric not yet; Bibliography.

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Emma Greensmith is Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at St John's College, Oxford. She specialises in imperial Greek literature. She previously held a Research Fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge, and a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Colgate University, New York. She was a member of the AHRC-funded collaborative project 'Imperial Greek Epic: A Cultural History'.

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