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Homer: A Very Short Introduction

By (author) Barbara Graziosi,

12.60

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the cornerstones of Western literature, inspiring artists, writers, philosophers, musicians, playwrights, and film-makers throughout history. Barbara Graziosi introduces Homer’s key works and discusses the main literary, historical, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homeric studies.

SKU: 9780199589944

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ISBN: 9780199589944

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 144

Dimensions: 11.5 × 0.9 × 17.5 cm

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  • Paperback / softback | 144 pages
  • 11.5 × 0.9 × 17.5 cm | 116
  • 28 March 2019
  • Oxford University Press
  • United Kingdom

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About the author

Barbara Graziosi

2 Published Books

Professor Barbara Graziosi teaches classics at Durham University. She is the author of Inventing Homer (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and together with Johannes Haubold she wrote Homer: The Resonance of Epic (Duckworth, 2005), and completed a commentary on Iliad 6 for the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics (Cambridge University press, 2010). Together with Emily Greenwood she edited Homer in t he Twentieth Century: Between World Literature and the Western Canon (Oxford University Press, 2007), and she co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies (2009), along with George Boys-Stones and Phiroze Vasunia.

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