Homer and the Poetics of Gesture

Homer and the Poetics of Gesture PDF Author: Alex C. Purves
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190857927
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Book Description
This book draws on studies of movement, gesture, and early film to offer a series of readings on repetition through the body in Homer. Each chapter presents an argument based on a specific posture, action or gesture (falling, running, leaping, standing, and crouching), through which to rethink epic practices of embodiment and formularity.