Homer: German Scholarship in Translation. With Introduction by P. V. Jones.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed, overall very good and clean. / Leicht berieben, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Introduction -- References for Introduction -- The Sociology of the Homeric Epics, Hermann Strasburger -- The �Inner Composition� of the Speeches in the Iliad, D. Lohmann -- Essence and Nature of the Homeric Similes, H. Fr�el -- Hector and Andromache, W. Schadewaldt -- Achilles� Decision, W. Schadewaldt -- The Judgement of Paris, K. Reinhardt -- The Fight for Justice and Departure of Telemachus, Friedrich Klingner -- Homer and the Telemachy, Circe and Calypso, The Phaeacians, K. Reinhardt -- The Song of Ares and Aphrodite: On the Relationship between the Odyssey and the Iliad, Walter Burkert -- The Ending of the Odyssey: Linguistic Problems, Hartmut Erbse -- Index Locorum -- General Index. - This book translates into English ten influential articles and extracts from books about Homer written in German over the past fifty years. The work of prestigious scholars such as Wolfgang Schadewaldt, Karl Reinhardt, and Hermann Fr�el are represented. These key works, which cover topics such as similes, the end of the Odyssey, the adventures of Odysseus, the meeting of Hector and Andromache, ring-composition, the Telemachy, and Homeric social life, will now become easily accessible for the first time to teachers and scholars in the English-speaking world. An accompanying introduction develops the arguments in the light of contemporary scholarly concerns. - P. V. Jones is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. G. M. Wright is Lektor of German and teacher of Greek at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. ISBN 9780198147329