{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-homer-edited-with-an-introduction-by-bruce-heiden-paperback","title":"The Poetry of Homer: Edited with an Introduction by Bruce Heiden - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. E. Bassett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGreg Nagy\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eBruce Heiden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel 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scholarship, Bassett was invited to deliver the Sather Classical Lecture at Berkeley, but he died with the manuscript unpublished.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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Bassett\u003c\/b\u003e was professor at the University of Vermont from 1905 to his death in 1936. Although he wrote extensively on Homer, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e was his only book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Heiden\u003c\/b\u003e, Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at Ohio State University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eTragic Rhetoric: An Interpretation of Sophocles' Trachiniae\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as many articles on Homeric poetry.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.84 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452044853426,"sku":"9780739106969","price":96.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/hF9LneHK499780739106969.webp?v=1783102764","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-poetry-of-homer-edited-with-an-introduction-by-bruce-heiden-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}