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What are the best books of literary criticism on Homer?

Books about the Homeric question, about the techniches and style of the Iliad and Odissey, about the story of the time, etc.

>> No.10260481

That is a beautiful painting.

>> No.10261037

>>10260481
This, i don't give a shit about your thread OP, but that is a nice fucking painting

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op, I love the Iliad because of the Julian Jaynes book on it (doesn’t directly answer your question)
if you want more info on Jaynes, just ask
also love the woodcutter Baskin illustrations, fat men, ready fo the unbelievable war

>> No.10261531

>>10259650
It's more appreciation than criticism, but I rather enjoyed Eva Brann's Homeric Moments. A good place to start, at any rate.

>> No.10261579

The Singer of Tales by Albert Lord even tho 3/4s of it isn’t even about Homer.