Homeric misdirection : false predictions in the Iliad / James V. Morrison.
1992
PA4037 .M73 1992 (Mapit)
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Title
Homeric misdirection : false predictions in the Iliad / James V. Morrison.
Author
Morrison, James V., 1956-
ISBN
0472103520 (alk. paper)
9780472103522 (alk. paper)
9780472103522 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1992.
Language
English
Description
166 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PA4037 .M73 1992
Summary
"It is a familiar problem for authors of all kinds: how to make the tale interesting when the audience knows - or thinks it knows - the end of the story. As James V. Morrison illustrates in Homeric Misdirection, delay, suspense, and uncertainty all play essential roles in revitalizing the Iliad's traditional story of the Trojan War."--BOOK JACKET. "In this persuasive and suggestive work, the author studies key passages that anticipate later events in the epic. An exploration of Zeus' prophecies, Achilles' threats, and the poet's own commentary indicates that the effect of such misdirection is to undermine the audience's belief in its own ability to predict outcomes."--BOOK JACKET. "Ultimately this uncertainty reminds the poet's listeners of the limits of their own knowledge. This in turn creates a link between the doubt and uncertainty of the audience and that of characters in the Iliad."--BOOK JACKET. "Homeric Misdirection will be of interest not only to students and scholars in classical studies, but also to those interested in the development of narrative, audience-response criticism, and epic literature."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and indexes.
Series
Michigan monographs in classical antiquity.
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Table of Contents
Misdirection as a poetic strategy
A narrative analysis of the Iliad
Iliad 1 and alternatives to the epic tradition
Misdirection 1: false anticipation
Misdirection 2: epic suspense
Misdirection 3: thematic misdirection
The Iliad and the audience: moral miscalculation
Homer and the tradition.
A narrative analysis of the Iliad
Iliad 1 and alternatives to the epic tradition
Misdirection 1: false anticipation
Misdirection 2: epic suspense
Misdirection 3: thematic misdirection
The Iliad and the audience: moral miscalculation
Homer and the tradition.