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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824379203321

Autore

Ready Jonathan L. <1976->

Titolo

Character, narrator, and simile in the Iliad / / Jonathan L. Ready [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-21371-1

1-139-03599-1

1-283-05204-0

9786613052049

1-139-04145-2

1-139-04068-5

1-139-04222-X

1-139-04485-0

0-511-76096-5

1-139-03831-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

LCO003000

Disciplina

883/.01

Soggetti

Simile

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. The simile and the Homeric comparative spectrum -- 2. Similes and likenesses in the character-text -- 3. A preparation for reading sequences of similes -- 4. Sequences of similes in the character-text -- 5. Narrator, character, and simile -- 6. Similes in the narrator-text -- Conclusion: The Odyssey compared.

Sommario/riassunto

Jonathan L. Ready offers the first comprehensive examination of Homer's similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. This study concentrates primarily on similes spoken by Homeric characters. The first to offer a sustained exploration of such similes, Ready shows how characters are made to contest through and over simile not only with one another but also with the narrator. Ready investigates the narrator's similes as well. He demonstrates that Homer amplifies the feat of a successful warrior by providing a competitive orientation to



sequences of similes used to describe battles. He also offers a new interpretation of Homer's extended similes as a means for the poet to imagine his characters as competitors for his attention. Throughout this study, Ready makes innovative use of approaches from both Homeric studies and narratology that have not yet been applied to the analysis of Homer's similes.