Homeric Durability - Telling Time in the Iliad

Homeric Durability investigates the concepts of time and decay in the Iliad. Through a framework informed by phenomenology and psychology, Lorenzo Garcia argues that, in moments of pain and sorrow, the Homeric gods are themselves defined by human temporal experience, and so the epic tradition cannot but imagine its own eventual disintegration.

About the author

Lorenzo F. Garcia, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico.

Summary

Homeric Durability investigates the concepts of time and decay in the Iliad. Through a framework informed by phenomenology and psychology, Lorenzo Garcia argues that, in moments of pain and sorrow, the Homeric gods are themselves defined by human temporal experience, and so the epic tradition cannot but imagine its own eventual disintegration.

Product details

• Authors: Lorenzo F Garcia, Lorenzo F. Garcia
• Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2013
• EAN: 9780674073234
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07323-4
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 536 g
• Series: Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies (HUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies