John Nowell Linton Myres Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Here is presented a succinct and insightful account of the reception of the <i>Iliad </i>and <i>Odyssey</i> from antiquity to the mid-twentieth century. The overall result is less a systematic history than a series of independent studies differing in scale and focus, the chapter on Gladstone being the most comprehensive and detailed. First published in 1958. The author gives greatest attention to those who made active use of Homer rather than passive, even if admiring, readers: Virgil because he wrote the <i>Aeneid</i>, Gladstone because he brought him to prominence in Oxford education, Wood because he sought out the geography and Schliemann because he dug for the kings. The emphasis is thus placed less on the purely academic critic than on the traveller and the innovative amateur. A valuable contribution to a subject of perennial fascination, this will be of interest to all students and teachers of the classics.

Very rare in dust jacket ! This is the 1937 second edition (the first edition was 1936). This is a reprint of the 1937 second edition from 1949. Retired library copy, which is why the thin dust jacket is still attached to the blue and gold book. Very nice shape on the jacket, with all the library markings but also a nice mylar cover