Homeric Receptions Across Generic And Cultural Contexts

This Collective Volume Provides A Fresh Perspective On Homeric Reception Through A Methodologically Focused, Interdisciplinary Investigation Of The Transformations Of Homeric Epic Within Varying Generic And Cultural Contexts. It Explores How Various Aspects Of Homeric Poetics Appeal And Can Be Mapped On To A Diversity Of Contexts Under Different Socio-historical, Intellectual, Literary And Artistic Conditions. The Volume Brings Together Internationally Acclaimed Scholars And Acute Young Researchers In The Fields Of Classics And Reception Studies, Yielding Insight Into The Varied Strategies And Ideological Forces That Define Homeric Reception In Literature, Scholarship And The Performing Arts (theatre, Film And Music) And Shape The 'horizon Of Expectations' Of Readers And Audience.