Gendered voices in the Iliad lament and heroic glory Celsiana Warwick

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warwick, Celsiana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer. Iliad.

Homer.

Heroic virtue in literature.

Laments--Greece--History and criticism.

Laments.

Sex role in literature.

Laments--History and criticism.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

Warwick explores the ways in which the Iliad constructs competing gendered voices that comment on the value system of the poem's warrior society. Prominent within the poem is a discourse of warrior masculinity that valorises over all else the acquisition of time (honour) and kleos (glory) through prowess in battle. Within Iliadic society, this form of masculinity is hegemonic, meaning that it is the dominant and most ideologically privileged, configuration of masculine gender practice within its culture. However, the poem also presents other perspectives and ways of being that interact with and counter the discourse of hegemonic warrior masculinity in complex ways. In particular, the discourse of lament, which is primarily associated with women, presents a counterpoint to masculine warrior ideology by emphasising the damage that the pursuit of time and kleos does to a hero's family and community

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 12, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197902271

0197902278

9780197902264

019790226X

OCLC:

1591619876

Publisher Number:

CIPO000391854

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license