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Paperback. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
Building upon the groundbreaking work of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, Out of Line presents a new theory of Homeric composition, focusing upon patterns that extend beyond the boundary of the line and the clause. Matthew Clark takes enjambment as a starting point, analyzing the techniques used by the poet to complete a line that begins with a runover. Clark proceeds to propose two levels of analysis, a 'deep-structure' level, which describes the associations of words and ideas before they take metrical form, and a 'surface-structure' level, which describes the words as they are employed on any particular occasion. Out ... Read more
Building upon the groundbreaking work of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, Out of Line presents a new theory of Homeric composition, focusing upon patterns that extend beyond the boundary of the line and the clause. Matthew Clark takes enjambment as a starting point, analyzing the techniques used by the poet to complete a line that begins with a runover. Clark proceeds to propose two levels of analysis, a 'deep-structure' level, which describes the associations of words and ideas before they take metrical form, and a 'surface-structure' level, which describes the words as they are employed on any particular occasion. Out ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847686988
SKU
V9780847686988
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About Matthew Clark
Matthew Clark is Assistant Professor in the Division of Humanities at York University. His scholarly articles have appeared in Phoenix; he is also the author of numerous works of fiction and verse.
Reviews for Out of Line
What Clark does is to look closely at the compositional technique the poet developed for handling enjambement, and he distinguishes a number of categories.
Peter Jones
The Joint Association Of Classical Teachers
C. has made a useful, and agreeably written, contribution to our yet incomplete understanding.
J.B. Hainsworth, New College, Oxford
The Classical Review
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Peter Jones
The Joint Association Of Classical Teachers
C. has made a useful, and agreeably written, contribution to our yet incomplete understanding.
J.B. Hainsworth, New College, Oxford
The Classical Review
... Read more