Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 192
Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-0-8476-8999-6 • Hardback • June 1998 • $140.00 • (£108.00)
978-1-4616-3741-7 • eBook • June 1998 • $41.50 • (£35.00)
M. D. Usher is assistant professor of classics at University of Vermont, and the editor of Homerocentones Eudociae Augustae (Teubner).
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Note on Citation Style
Chapter 4 Introduction
Part 5 Part I. Cento Contexts
Chapter 6 Understanding the Homeric Centos
Chapter 7 Eudocia Augusta: Reader-Rhapsode
Part 8 Part II. Cento Poetrics
Chapter 9 Accomodations
Chapter 10 Enjambement
Part 11 Part III. Cento Semiotics and Aesthethics
Chapter 12 Themes and Intertextuality
Chapter 13 Composition by Theme
Chapter 14 Themes from the Odyssey
Chapter 15 Themes from the Iliad
Chapter 16 References
Chapter 17 Index
Usher argued his case well and enthusiastically, and in making Eudocia's work readily available and known , he has laid the foundation for its interpretation.
— Phoenix
U.'s book sets Eudocia in an entirely fresh light, as direct descendant of the Homeric rhapsodes.
— Classical Review