In 'The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis', Becker explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. Becker also enters into a fiercely raging literary debate about the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative.
| ISBN: | 9780847679980 |
| Publication date: | 21st March 1995 |
| Author: | Andrew Sprague Becker |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 191 pages |
| Series: | Greek Studies : Interdisciplinary Approaches |
| Genres: |
General and world history Literary reference works |