Scepter and the Spear Studies on Forms of Repetition in the Homeric Poems

The Scepter and the Spear is a wide-ranging reassessment of the study of Homer as literature in the wake of Milman Parry and Albert Lord's discoveries about the nature of oral poetry. Unlike many contemporary Classicists who treat the work of Parry and Lord as an obstacle, Lowenstam shows how a practical understanding of oral poetics enhances a true literary appreciation of Homer. Lowenstam's insights into such problems as the functional reality of formulae in general and epithets in particular will be of value not only to Classicists but also to all scholars and students interested in oral poetics.Lowenstam, Steven is the author of 'Scepter and the Spear Studies on Forms of Repetition in the Homeric Poems' with ISBN 9780847677726 and ISBN 0847677729.