{"product_id":"epic-grief-personal-laments-in-homers-iliad-9783110179446","title":"Epic Grief: Personal Laments in Homer's Iliad","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study of the \u003cem\u003egooi \u003c\/em\u003eor personal laments in Homer´s \u003cem\u003eIliad \u003c\/em\u003eonce and for all articulates the poetic techniques regulating this type of speech. Going beyond the tendency to view lament as a repetitive and group-based activity, this work shows instead the primacy of the \u003cem\u003egoos\u003c\/em\u003e, a sub-genre which the \u003cem\u003eIliad \u003c\/em\u003ehas \"produced\" by absorbing the funerary genre of lament. Oral theory, narratology, semiotics, rhetorical analysis are deftly applied to explore the ways personal laments develop principal epic themes and unravel narrative threads weaving the thematical texture of the entire \u003cem\u003eIliad \u003c\/em\u003e(and beyond): the wrath of Achilles, the deaths of Patroclus and Hector, the grief of Achilles and his future death, the foreshadowing of Troy´s destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of the Annual Award in Classics (2007) of the Academy of Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"L'ensemble s'articule en cinq chapitres, la conclusion et deux appendices et la redaction elegante rend la lecture stimulante.\"F.L. in: Gaia 10\/2006","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516371296599,"sku":"9783110179446","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/epic-grief-personal-laments-in-homers-iliad-9783110179446","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}