Homer's cosmic fabrication : choice and design in the Iliad / Bruce Heiden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heiden, Bruce A.

Series:

American classical studies ; no. 52.

American classical studies ; v. 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Achilles (Mythological character)--In literature.

Achilles.

Homer. Iliad.

Homer.

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Trojan War--Literature and the war.

Trojan War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text delineates a different approach aimed at evaluating what the 'Iliad' furnishes to readers that makes it comprehensible and engaging. By positing certain functions hypothetically and applying them to the poem, this work uncovers the kind and degree of suitable 'reading material' the poem provides.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations Frequently Used in the Figures""; ""List of Figures""; ""Introduction: Reading, Choice, and Design""; ""PART I: DRAMATIC LEGIBILITY AND POETIC DESIGN""; ""1. Persons, Problems, and Choices: The Progression of Events in the Iliad""; ""2. Event Trajectories in the ��Books�� of the Iliad""; ""3. Orientation by Design""; ""4. Paths of Thought�Iliad Cycle I""; ""PART II: READING THEMATIC TRAJECTORIES""; ""5. Replacements and Representatives: The Quarrel (Cycle I, Column A) and the Embassy (Cycle II, Column A)""

""6. Zeus�s Changing Plans: Cycles I and II, Column Z (Books 8 and 15)""""7. Homeric Sublimity: Iliad Book 24""; ""Conclusion: The Fabricated Cosmos and the Poetry of the Future""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index of Passages""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786611825966

9781281825964

1281825964

9780199712427

0199712425

OCLC:

316260496