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Homer
Beye, Charles Rowan. The Iliad, the Odyssey and the Epic Tradition. Gordian, 1976. Clear discussion; first published 1966.
Beye, Charles Rowan. Ancient Epic poetry: Homer, Apollonius, Virgil. Cornell University Press, 1993. Study of Homer and two other giants of the epic tradition.
Clarke, Howard. Homer's Readers. University of Delaware Press, 1980. History of Homeric scholarship and interpretations, plus summary of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Edwards, Mark W. Homer: Poet of the Iliad. Baltimore; London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Major recent study, with good bibliography.
Finley, M. I. The World of Odysseus. Harmondsworth: Penguin, Rev. ed., 1979. View of Greek society based on close reading of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Griffin, Jasper. Homer. New York: Hill & Wang, 1981. Explication of the Iliad and Odyssey; emphasis on themes.
Murray, Gilbert. The Rise of the Greek Epic. Oxford University Press, Standard textbook.

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