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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822730503321

Autore

Heiden Bruce A

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-82596-4

9786611825966

0-19-971242-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages)

Collana

American classical studies ; ; v. 52

Disciplina

883/.0109

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism

Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature

Trojan War - Literature and the war

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.