Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-12941-2 (ISBN)
Inspired by the dialogues inherent in the process of reception, the book adopts a dialogic structure. In each chapter, paired essays by Haywood and Mac Sweeney offer contrasting authorial voices addressing a single theme, thereby drawing out connections and dissonances between a diverse suite of classical and post-classical Iliadic receptions.
The resulting book offers new insights, both into individual instances of Iliadic reception in particular historical contexts, but also into the workings of a complex story tradition. The centrality of the Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition is shown to be a function of conscious engagement not only with Iliadic content, but also with Iliadic status and the iconic idea of the Homeric.
Jan Haywood is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. He has published on various aspects of the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, and is the author of Intertext and Allusion in Herodotus'Histories: Authority, Proof, Polemic (forthcoming). Naoise Mac Sweeney is Associate Professor in Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK. Her published titles include Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia (2013) and Community Identity and Archaeology (2011).
List of Figures
Note from the Authors
Introduction: Dialogue
Chapter 1: Navigating Tradition
1.1:The Iliad’s Poets – Haywood
1.2: The Erra’s Poems – Mac Sweeney
Chapter 2: Visulaising Society
2.1: Euthymides’ Pioneer Politics – Mac Sweeney
2.2: Rossetti’s Vulnerable Firebrand – Haywood
Chapter 3: Staging Conflict
3.1: Euripides’ New Contests – Haywood
3.2: Shakespeare’s Empty Arguments – Mac Sweeney
Chapter 4: Seeking Truth
4.1: Herodotus’ Trojan Truths – Haywood
4.2: Schliemann’s Physical Proofs – Mac Sweeney
Chapter 5: Claiming Identities
5.1: Godfrey’s Hall of Mirrors – Mac Sweeney
5.2: Petersen’s Hall of Fame – Haywood
Conclusion: Memorial
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception |
| Zusatzinfo | 5 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-12941-0 / 1350129410 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-12941-2 / 9781350129412 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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