Homer''s Iliad and the Problem of Force

This volume explores the different types of Iliadic force in dialogue with the reception of the Iliad in the French intellectual tradition, revealing how the Iliad as a whole undermines the relations of force which characters within the poem seek to establish.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction: The Problem of Homeric Force, between Philology and Philosophy


• 1: "Stronger": Performative Speech and the Force of Achilles


• 2: Kratos before Democracy: Force, Politics, and Signification in the Iliad


• 3: Force and Discourse in the Funeral Games of Patroclus


• 4: The "Force that Kills": Simone Weil and the Problem of Agency in the Iliad


• 5: Conclusion: Homeric Forces and Human Subjects Reconsidered


• Appendix: Force in Early Greek Hexameter

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Charles Stocking is an associate professor of Classical Studies at Western University. He earned his BA with honors and MA in Classics at Stanford University and his PhD in Classics at UCLA. He is an associate fellow at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, an associate member of ANHIMA (Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Anciens), and former invited professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris, France.

Zusammenfassung

This volume explores the different types of Iliadic force in dialogue with the reception of the Iliad in the French intellectual tradition, revealing how the Iliad as a whole undermines the relations of force which characters within the poem seek to establish.

Zusatztext

The structuralism that the author invokes in his writing its very high heuristic value.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Charles H. Stocking, Charles H. (Western University) Stocking
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.03.2023
• EAN: 9780192862877
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286287-7
• Seiten: 284
• Serie: Classics in Theory Series
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts