'Homerica', a volume of Homeric studies by E. W. B. Nicholson
MS. Eng. misc. b. 18
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Title
'Homerica', a volume of Homeric studies by E. W. B. Nicholson
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 18
Summary
'Homerica', a volume of Homeric studies by E. W. B. Nicholson. The chief items are:
Fols. 3, 34. letters addressed by Thomas L'Estrange in 1867-8 to E. W. B. Nicholson, continuing a literary controversy commenced between the two in Notes and Queries (1867), 3rd ser. xii. pp. 245, 267, etc., and (fol. 8) a dissertation on the Homeric question addressed by Nicholson to L'Estrange about Jan. 1868
Fols. 50, 124. notes and statistics as to variations of rhythm in the Homeric poems
Fol. 64. 'A new line of Homeric research', an unpublished article on metrical tests in Homer
Fol. 74. manuscript, prepared for the press, of the writer's New Homeric researches, part 1, 'on supposed metrical mimicry in the Homeric poems' (Oxford, 1882), and (fol. 89) four sets of proofs of the same
(fols. 151-end are blank)
Date
Written in 1867-1882
Language
Modern Greek (1453-)
English
Multiple languages
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
170 Leaves
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Collection contents
'Homerica', a volume of Homeric studies by E. W. B. Nicholson
