Measure and Music Enjambement and Sentence Structure in the Iliad [Hardcover]

This book is the first line-by-line analysis of enjambement and verse-internal breaks throughout the entireIliad. Addressing larger, stylistic questions concerning genre, effect, and the manipulation and enjambing of formulae, Higbie examines a wide range of literary structures, including speeches, similes, battle scenes, and catalogues. A fundamental and thorough examination of enjambement in Homeric verse, this work will become a standard reference for scholars and students of Homer.

This is an important book for Homeric studies and oral studies generally because of the terrain it covers and the standard that it sets for meticulous analysis. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review