Homer's Cosmic Fabrication : Choice and Design in the Iliad.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (271 pages)
- Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies ; v.No. 52 .
- Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies .
Intro -- 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.
Scholars routinely state that the Iliad is an "oral poem"; but what makes it the "good read" we know it to be? Bruce Heiden illuminates the epic's artistry and philosophical depth by drawing upon cognitive narratology to develop novel research methods.
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Homer. -- Iliad. Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism. Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature. Trojan War -- Literature and the war.