{"product_id":"poetry-of-homer-2","title":"Poetry of Homer","description":"Samuel Eliot Bassett's classic work \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the rhetorical techniques that have made the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e speak to audiences throughout the ages. Combining a sublime poetic sensitivity with thorough scholarship this work offers original analyses of many topics, including the Homeric narrator's presentation of his story, his evocation of character through direct speech, the organization of speeches and descriptions into vivd dramatic situations, the pacing and emotional weight of similes and narratorial interventions, and the expressive variation in rhythms and word-groupings. A prolific and insightful contributor to Homeric scholarship, Bassett was invited to deliver the Sather Classical Lecture at Berkeley, but he died with the manuscript unpublished. This work, published posthumously in 1938 as \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e, has left its mark on a generation of classicists. Lexington is proud to bring such an important and influential book back into print in this new edition, edited and introduced by Bruce Heiden with a foreword by Greg Nagy.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54255703327064,"sku":"9780739106952","price":122.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780739106952_85febd15-a957-441f-903a-f7de41b07178.jpg?v=1769697028","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/poetry-of-homer-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}