Carpenter

1946 · ref. 1001155 — Folk Tale Fiction and Saga in the Homeric Epics by Rhys Carpenter published in 1946 by the University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles. First Edition. Sather Classical Lectures Volume XX. A study of the oral traditions heroic legends folktales and mythic material underlying the Iliad and Odyssey examining the Homeric poems as compositions shaped by both inherited tradition and literary invention. Carpenter considers oral literature and the transmission of heroic saga the historical problem of Troy folktale elements within the Iliad the legendary geography of the Odyssey the Cult of the Sleeping Bear and the Bear's Son folktale drawing comparisons with other traditions of European heroic and oral literature. Hardcover with partial original dust jacket showing substantial chipping losses toning and edgewear; book showing light shelfwear with a 1946 presentation inscription to the front endpaper. The University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles hardcover