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Homeric questions / by Nagy, Gregory

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Porphyry's Homeric questions on The Iliad : text, translation, commentary / by Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305

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Orality and literacy in the Demotic tales by Jay, Jacqueline E.

Table of Contents: “…Orality, literacy, and the development of Egyptian narrative literature -- Going deeper: the evidence for orality -- The Inaros cycle and the Egyptian "Homeric question" -- Other Demotic narratives -- Egyptian literature and the Greek novel.…”
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The Odyssey. by Powell, Barry B.

Table of Contents: “…; THE TEXT OF HOMER ; THE ALEXANDRIAN VULGATE ; BEFORE AND AFTER THE VULGATE ; THE HOMERIC QUESTION ; THE ORAL-FORMULAIC THEORY.…”
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The shield of Homer : narrative structure in the Iliad by Stanley, Keith, 1934-2021

Table of Contents: “…Structure and the Homeric Question. (1). Some Implications for the Nature of Our Iliad. (2). …”
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Homeric responses by Nagy, Gregory

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Archaeology and Homeric epic

Table of Contents: “…-- Digenis Akritis, the Homeric question, and the making of a modern myth / Roderick Beaton -- Gilgamesh at Troy (a very short epic) / Paul Halstead.…”
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The Shock of Recognition : the Books and Music That Have Inspired Me. by Jones, Barry

Table of Contents: “…RICHARD WAGNERGIUSEPPE VERDI; MODEST MUSSORGSKY; GEORGES BIZET; PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY; GIACOMO PUCCINI; MAURICE RAVEL; RICHARD STRAUSS; LEOŠ JANÁČEK; ALBAN BERG; BENJAMIN BRITTEN; LEONARD BERNSTEIN; JOHN ADAMS; RICHARD MILLS; THOMAS ADÈS; Part II GREAT LITERATURE; 7 FROM HOMER TO DANTE; HOMER: The Iliad and The Odyssey; 'THE HOMERIC QUESTION'; THE ILIAD; FORCE: Homer's relevance for our times; WIDER READING ON THE ILIAD; THE ODYSSEY; TRANSLATIONS, LANGUAGE AND STYLE; VIRGIL: The Aeneid; INFLUENCES AND TRANSLATIONS; DANTE: The Divine Comedy; INFERNO; PURGATORIO; PARADISO; TRANSLATIONS.…”
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Orality and literacy : the technologizing of the word by Ong, Walter J.

Table of Contents: “…-- 2 The modern discovery of primary oral cultures ; Early awareness of oral tradition ; The Homeric question ; Milman Parry's discovery ; Consequent and related work -- 3 Some psychodynamics of orality ; Sounded word as power and action ; You know what you can recall: mnemonics and formulas ; Further characteristics of orally based thought and expression ; (i) Additive rather than subordinative ; (ii) Aggregative rather than analytic ; (iii) Redundant or 'copious' ; (iv) Conservative or traditionalist ; (v) Close to the human iifeworld ; (vi) Agonistically toned ; (vii) Empathetic and participatory rather than objectively distanced ; (viii) Homeostatic ; (ix) Situational rather than abstract ; Oral memorization ; Verbomotor lifestyle ; The noetic role of heroic 'heavy' figures and of the bizarre ; The interiority of sound ; Orality, community and the sacral ; Words are not signs.…”
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Vico's New science of the intersubjective world by Hösle, Vittorio, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- VICO'S NEW SCIENCE OF THE INTERSUBJECTIVE WORLD -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface of the Author to the English Translation -- Works of Vico and Translator's Note -- Introduction -- ONE Vico's Life, Sources, and Works -- 1.1 The Formative Years -- 1.2 Writings -- TWO Structure and Themes of the Scienza nuova: Formal and Methodological Aspects -- 2.1 The Structure and Organization of the Scienza nuova -- 2.2 The Aims of the Scienza nuova -- 2.3 The Privileged Position of the Humanities within the System of Knowledge Based on the Verum-Factum Principle -- 2.4 Philosophy and Philology: Universal and Particular in the Sciences of Culture -- 2.5 History's Conformity to Laws -- 2.6 The Working of Providence in History -- 2.7 Jews and Pagans: Vico's Chronological System -- 2.8 The Principles of Historical Development: Norm and History -- 2.9 The Unity of Culture -- 2.10 The Problem of the Knowledge of Different Cultures: Vico's Method -- THREE Structure and Themes of the Scienza nuova: Material Aspects -- 3.1 Primitive Humans -- 3.2 Myth and Poetic Wisdom -- 3.3 Language and Writing -- 3.4 Art and Reflection -- 3.5 Class Warfare and Heroes -- 3.6 The Idea of Law and the History of Law -- 3.7 The Doctrine of the Forms of State -- 3.8 The Barbarism of Reflection and the Decline of Civilizations -- 3.9 The Homeric Question -- 3.10 Roman History -- 3.11 The Middle Ages and Feudalism -- 3.12 The Modern Age -- FOUR Cursory Notes on the History of Vico's Reception -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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De la Religion. by Kloocke, Kurt

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