Hearing Homer's Song
Robert Kanigel
The first full biography of "the Darwin of Homeric Studies"—arguably the most influential classical scholar of the twentieth century—who overturned the long entrenched notions of ancient epic poetry and expanded the very idea of literature.
In the early 1930s, Milman Parry introduced the hypothesis that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not "written" as we understand it, but derived from an oral tradition going back centuries. It was a revolutionary theory, but quickly accepted, and its effects are still felt in contemporary scholarship. But Parry himself has all but disappeared from view. Now, Robert Kanigel gives us a full and vivid account of his life: of his childhood in Oakland, California, in the early years of the century; his time as part of the "progressive set" at Berkeley; his marriage at twenty-one to the woman he'd gotten pregnant; their journey to Paris where he attends the Sorbonne, discovering the pleasures of the city—and the...
In the early 1930s, Milman Parry introduced the hypothesis that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not "written" as we understand it, but derived from an oral tradition going back centuries. It was a revolutionary theory, but quickly accepted, and its effects are still felt in contemporary scholarship. But Parry himself has all but disappeared from view. Now, Robert Kanigel gives us a full and vivid account of his life: of his childhood in Oakland, California, in the early years of the century; his time as part of the "progressive set" at Berkeley; his marriage at twenty-one to the woman he'd gotten pregnant; their journey to Paris where he attends the Sorbonne, discovering the pleasures of the city—and the...
Rok:
2021
Wydawnictwo:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Język:
english
ISBN 10:
0525520953
ISBN 13:
9780525520955
Plik:
EPUB, 30.55 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2021
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