TY - BOOK AU - Bakker,Egbert J. AU - Kahane,Ahuvia TI - Written Voices, Spoken Signs: Tradition, Performance, and the Epic Text T2 - Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia Series SN - 9780674020467 AV - PA4037 U1 - 883/.01 PY - 1997/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Homer-Criticism and interpretation-Congresses KW - Epic poetry-History and criticism-Theory, etc.-Congresses KW - Comparative literature-Greek and Medieval-Congresses KW - Comparative literature-Medieval and Greek-Congresses KW - Mythology, Greek, in literature-Congresses KW - Written communication-Greece-Congresses KW - Oral interpretation of poetry-Congresses KW - Oral-formulaic analysis-Congresses KW - Oral tradition-Greece-Congresses KW - Oral tradition-Europe-Congresses KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction (Ebert Bakker & -- Ahuvia Kahane) -- 1. Storytelling in the Future: Truth, Time, and Tense in Homeric Epic (Egbert Bakker) -- 2. Writing the Emperor's Clothes On: Literacy and the Production of Facts (Franz H. Bäuml) -- 3. Traditional Signs and Homeric Art (John Miles Foley) -- 4. The Inland Ship: Problems in the Performance and Reception of Homeric Epic (Andrew Ford) -- 5. Hexameter Progression and the Homeric Hero's Solitary State (Ahuvia Kahane) -- 6. Similes and Performance (Richard P. Martin) -- 7. Ellipsis in Homer (Gregory Nagy) -- 8. Types of Orality in Text (Wulf Oesterreicher) -- 9. The Medial Approach: A Paradigm Shift in the Philologies? (Ursula Schaefer) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index N2 - Written Voices, Spoken Signs is a stimulating introduction to new perspectives on Homer and other traditional epics. Taking advantage of recent research on language and social exchange, the nine innovative essays in this volume--by leading scholars of Homer, oral poetics, and epic--focus on performance and audience reception of oral poetry UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3301038 ER -