Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-451) and index.
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I. Form and Interpretation in Homer. (1). The Shield of Achilleus as a Problem in Interpretation. (2). Ring-Composition in Homeric Digressions. (3). The Function of Ring-Composition in the Description of the Shield. (4). Structure and Interpretation in the Catalogue of Ships; Implications for the Shield. (5). Oral Theory and the Question of Structure. (6). Previous Views of Homeric Form. (7). The Organization of Narrative outside Digressions. (8). Structure within Books -- II. The Structure of Iliad 1-7 -- III. The Structure of Iliad 8-17 -- IV. The Structure of Iliad 18-24 -- V. Structure and the Homeric Question. (1). Some Implications for the Nature of Our Iliad. (2). The Question of Book Division and Closure. (3). The Practical Function of the Book-Groups. (4). Orality versus Literacy in the Iliad. (5). The Date and Context of Our Iliad. (6). Our Iliad and Homer's.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this masterly interpretation of narrative sequence in the Iliad, Keith Stanley not only sharpens the current debate over the date and creation of the poem, but also challenges the view of this work as primarily a celebration of heroic force. He begins by studying the intricate ring-composition in the verses describing Achilles' shield, then extends this analysis to reveal the Iliad as an elaborate and self-conscious formal whole.
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Title
Shield of Homer.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Achilles
Homer-- Technique.
Homer., Iliad.
Homère-- Technique.
Homère, Iliade.
Homer.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Iliad (Homer)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Epic poetry, Greek-- History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)-- History-- To 1500.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Trojan War-- Literature and the war.
Achille (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature.