Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

James Redfield. "The Proem of the Iliad: Homer's Art." Classical Philology, 74:95-110.

Contends that Homer stretches his poetic tradition in the Iliad proem, that he uses familiar diction in occasionally unfamiliar ways, taking full advantage of the resonance of formulaic language and employing personification, metaphor, and variation of tone to develop the key concepts.
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