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Narrative Semiotics in the Epic Tradition - The Simile
by Nimis, Stephen A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0253339979
- ISBN 13
- 9780253339973
- Seller
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Hollis Center, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1987 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Dust jacket is faded around the edges. An "investigation of the transformations of textual strategies and devices in key texts of the epic tradition", and "outlines a theoretical framework for the whole work based up Eco's theory of codes and Michael Riffaterre's theory of inter-textuality and begins his analysis with a revolutionary interpretation of the function of the epic simile in the Iliad"..
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- Bookseller
- UHR Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064004
- Title
- Narrative Semiotics in the Epic Tradition - The Simile
- Author
- Nimis, Stephen A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0253339979
- ISBN 13
- 9780253339973
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington & Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- literary criticism, Literature criticism, literary Interpretation Literature interpretation, semiotics, Narrative Semiotics, epic literature, the simile, literary Works, the Iliad Interpretation
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