The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis

This text explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. It also debates the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative. All Greek passages are translated. In 'The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis', Becker explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description. Becker also enters into a fiercely raging literary debate about the modernist, self-conscious elements of Homeric narrative. Andrew Sprague Becker. Includes Bibliography (p. 155-180) And Index.