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Hearing Homer's Song : The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry
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Hearing Homer's Song : The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry Hardcover -

by Kanigel, Robert

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  • Title Hearing Homer's Song : The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry
  • Author Kanigel, Robert
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 47748276-6
  • ISBN 9780525520948 / 0525520945
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
  • Library of Congress subjects Parry, Milman, Classicists - United States - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020038085
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/15/2021, Page 12
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2021, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2021, Page 85
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/19/2021, Page 0

About the author

ROBERT KANIGEL is the author of eight previous books, most recently Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs. He has received many awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship and an NEH "Public Scholar" grant. His book The Man Who Knew Infinity was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; it has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and was the basis for the film of the same name starring Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel. Kanigel, Professor Emeritus of Science Writing at MIT, lives in Baltimore with his wife, the poet S.B. Merrow.

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