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- catalog abstract "For more than two millennia, Homer's poetry has stirred the imagination of its readers. Originally recited by traveling bards, these poems are exceptionally rich in conventional elements that helped the poets remember works thousands of lines long. As dynamic ingredients of oral poetry, these elements have accrued deep meaning, and for a well-informed audience they call significant associations to mind. In The Stranger's Welcome, Steve Reece treats eighteen "hospitality" scenes in the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns and reveals key aspects and standard elements of such scenes. Further, he demonstrates how Homeric listeners might comprehend the new and innovative by relying on their knowledge of the conventional and familiar. This tension between conventional and innovative, between the traditional background and the individual performance, distinguishes the aesthetics of Homeric poetry. Of interest to students and scholars of oral poetry, folklore, Homeric literature, and Greek literature in general, The Stranger's Welcome offers a practical approach whereby a reading audience may understand a hearing one.".
- catalog contributor b3802005.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "For more than two millennia, Homer's poetry has stirred the imagination of its readers. Originally recited by traveling bards, these poems are exceptionally rich in conventional elements that helped the poets remember works thousands of lines long. As dynamic ingredients of oral poetry, these elements have accrued deep meaning, and for a well-informed audience they call significant associations to mind. In The Stranger's Welcome, Steve Reece treats eighteen "hospitality" scenes in the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns and reveals key aspects and standard elements of such scenes. Further, he demonstrates how Homeric listeners might comprehend the new and innovative by relying on their knowledge of the conventional and familiar. This tension between conventional and innovative, between the traditional background and the individual performance, distinguishes the aesthetics of Homeric poetry. Of interest to students and scholars of oral poetry, folklore, Homeric literature, and Greek literature in general, The Stranger's Welcome offers a practical approach whereby a reading audience may understand a hearing one.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog extent "264 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Stranger's welcome.".
- catalog identifier "0472103865 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Stranger's welcome.".
- catalog isPartOf "Michigan monographs in classical antiquity".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Stranger's welcome.".
- catalog spatial "Greece.".
- catalog subject "883/.01 20".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Epic poetry, Greek History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Homer Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Hospitality in literature.".
- catalog subject "Oral tradition Greece.".
- catalog subject "Oral-formulaic analysis.".
- catalog subject "Outsiders in literature.".
- catalog subject "PA4037 .R375 1993".
- catalog title "The stranger's welcome : oral theory and the aesthetics of the Homeric hospitality scene / Steve Reece.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".