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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Friedrich August Wolf , Anthony GraftonPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 3274 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780691637167ISBN 10: 0691637164 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 19 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*A NOTE ON CITATIONS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 3*CHAPTER I-VII, pg. 43*CHAPTER VIII-LI, pg. 59*CHAPTER I-II, pg. 220*SUBSIDIA, pg. 227*BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS, pg. 249*INDEX NOMINUM, pg. 255*INDEX LOCORUM, pg. 263ReviewsThis is the first English translation of Wolf's Prolegomena ad Homerum, a seminal work for classical scholarship. An introduction places Wolf in the cultural setting of eighteenth-century Germany, especially with regard to Homeric studies, showing how he was influenced by contemporary textual criticism of the Old Testament, and how Wolf's work was originally received. --Choice Wolf's Prolegomena has long been recognized as one of the most important books in the history of classical studies. . . . This English translation, with a detailed historical introduction, makes it fully accessible to the modern reader. . . . The analytical and unitarian interpretations of Homer have, indeed, been argued over ever since. It is gratifying that the work which started this famous controversy is available once again. --H. B. Nisbet, Times Higher Education Supplement Wolf's Prolegomena has long been recognized as one of the most important books in the history of classical studies... This English translation, with a detailed historical introduction, makes it fully accessible to the modern reader... The analytical and unitarian interpretations of Homer have, indeed, been argued over ever since. It is gratifying that the work which started this famous controversy is available once again. --H. B. Nisbet, Times Higher Education Supplement This is the first English translation of Wolf's Prolegomena ad Homerum, a seminal work for classical scholarship. An introduction places Wolf in the cultural setting of eighteenth-century Germany, especially with regard to Homeric studies, showing how he was influenced by contemporary textual criticism of the Old Testament, and how Wolf's work was originally received. --Choice Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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