M. S. Silk

This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. This revised edition takes account of recent scholarship in the field and includes an updated guide to further reading. It is essential reading for students of literature and classics.

Homer: The Iliad

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Professor of Greek Language and Literature M S Silk

Michael Silk's volume of The Iliad explores the historical context and assesses the poem's narrative distinctiveness.

J. P. Stern

The first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest book, The Birth of Tragedy (1872), this important volume by M. S. Silk and J. P. Stern examines the work in detail: its place in Nietzsche's philosophical career; its value as an account of ancient Greek culture; its place in the history of German ideas, and its value as a theory of tragedy and music. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Lesley Chamberlain, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this accessible study has been revived for a new generation of readers.

Nietzsche on Tragedy

This influential book was the first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest work, The Birth of Tragedy (1872).

The first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest (and extraordinary) book, The Birth of tragedy.

M. S. Silk

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