The Trojan War : literature and legends from the Bronze Age to the present / Diane P. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Diane P., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trojan War--Literature and the war.

Trojan War.

Physical Description:

v, 229 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second Edition.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2013]

Summary:

"This book starts with an overview of the Bronze Age when the Trojan War occurred, and then follows a selection of the major literature about this war from Homer down through the ages and on to the Internet. Each retelling of the Troy story is discussed in its historical context and includes a synopsis of the story itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Bronze Age Mycenae, Anatolia and Troy: The Archaeological Evidence 11

2 Oral Poetry and the Troy Cycle 23

3 Homer's Iliad: The War at Troy 31

4 Homer's Odyssey: The Long Journey Home 50

5 Aeschylus' Agamemnon: Dead Heroes and Wild Women - Controlling the Past 72

6 Euripides' Two Iphigenia Plays: Human Sacrifice and Resolution 81

7 Virgil's Aeneid: Roman Transformation of Homeric Myth 91

8 Transmission of Troy Stories to the Middle Ages 102

9 Love Redeems Eneas; Love Destroys Achillès: Troy as Romance 111

10 Guido delle Colonna's Historia Destructions Troiae: Fate, Fortune, Demons and the Resdess Heart 123

11 Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde: The Christian Synthesis 141

12 Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida: Human Beings Alone 150

13 Improving Iphigenia: Racine and Goethe Modernize Evil 161

14 James Joyce's Ulysses: A Mind Trip 170

15 The Firebrand and. The Gate to Women's Country: Women Revise the Trojan Past 184

16 The Tradition Continues: Troy in the Media and Popular Culture 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786472291

0786472294

OCLC:

829905902