Homer is universally acknowledged as one of the undisputed all-time literary greats and his works have inspired and provoked an enormous amount of criticism and analysis. This unique set presents a comprehensive collection of the most outstanding examples of 'modern' Homeric criticism published in English, since Friedrich August Wolf's Prologomena ad Homerum (1795), and translations of the most notable scholarship published in other languages. The set is especially concerned with the genesis of the text (the 'Homeric Question' and the oral poetry debate), the depiction of the Homeric world and the plethora of literary criticism. Volume 1 - The Genesis of the Text Volume 2 - The Homeric World Volume 3 - Literary Interpretation Volume 4 - Homer's Art

Irene J. F. de Jong is a classicist and professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam. She is known for her pioneering work on Narratology and Ancient Greek literature.

Irene de Jong studied at the University of Amsterdam from 1978 until 1982, and taught Classics at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Utrecht in 1982–83. In 1984 she worked as a research fellow at the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. She wrote her dissertation under a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) from 1985 until 1987.

Since 2002 she has held the chair of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam.(Wikipedia)