TY - BOOK N2 - Point of view as an element in the technique of storytelling has emerged as a topic of major interest in this century, particularly in relation to the study of the novel. Some have argued that point of view also serves as a significant component of epic style. Most studies that claim that Homer employs a perspectival method of narration have limited themselves to the study of the relationship between the points of view of the narrator and the various characters of Homeric epic. This book argues that Homer, the poet of the Iliad, may be fully distinguished from the narrator of Homeric poetry and also from the heroes and heroines who live within the world of the story. N2 - Plot and Point of View in the Iliad will be of interest to classicists, students of comparative epic, philosophers, and readers of Homeric epic. It should also be of interest to students of modern literature. AB - Point of view as an element in the technique of storytelling has emerged as a topic of major interest in this century, particularly in relation to the study of the novel. Some have argued that point of view also serves as a significant component of epic style. Most studies that claim that Homer employs a perspectival method of narration have limited themselves to the study of the relationship between the points of view of the narrator and the various characters of Homeric epic. This book argues that Homer, the poet of the Iliad, may be fully distinguished from the narrator of Homeric poetry and also from the heroes and heroines who live within the world of the story. AB - Plot and Point of View in the Iliad will be of interest to classicists, students of comparative epic, philosophers, and readers of Homeric epic. It should also be of interest to students of modern literature. T1 - Plot and point of view in the Iliad / DA - ©1997. CY - Ann Arbor : AU - Rabel, Robert J., CN - PA4037 CN - PA4037 PB - University of Michigan Press, PP - Ann Arbor : PY - ©1997. ID - 1380777 KW - Epic poetry, Greek KW - Trojan War KW - Point of view (Literature) KW - Rhetoric, Ancient. KW - 18.43 ancient Greek literature. KW - Epic poetry, Greek. KW - Literature. KW - Point of view (Literature) KW - Rhetoric, Ancient. KW - Erzählperspektive KW - Handlung KW - Ilias (Homerus) KW - Vertelsituatie. KW - Poésie épique grecque KW - Point de vue (littérature) KW - Guerre de Troie. SN - 0472107682 SN - 9780472107681 TI - Plot and point of view in the Iliad / ER -