TY  - BOOK
N2  - "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.
AB  - "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.
T1  - Homeric misdirection :false predictions in the Iliad /
DA  - ©1992.
CY  - Ann Arbor :
AU  - Morrison, James V.,
CN  - PA4037
PB  - University of Michigan Press,
PP  - Ann Arbor :
PY  - ©1992.
ID  - 1380398
KW  - Epic poetry, Greek
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood in literature.
KW  - Narration (Rhetoric)
KW  - Trojan War
KW  - Authors and readers
KW  - Prophecies in literature.
KW  - Deception in literature.
KW  - Rhetoric, Ancient.
KW  - Authors and readers.
KW  - Deception in literature.
KW  - Epic poetry, Greek.
KW  - Literature.
KW  - Narration (Rhetoric)
KW  - Prophecies in literature.
KW  - Rhetoric, Ancient.
KW  - Technique.
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood in literature.
KW  - Weissagung
KW  - Ilias (Homerus)
KW  - Verteltheorie.
KW  - Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature.
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood in literature.
KW  - Prophecies in literature.
KW  - Deception in literature.
KW  - Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature
KW  - Authors and readers
KW  - Greece
KW  - Deception in literature
KW  - Epic poetry, Greek
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Homer
KW  - Iliad
KW  - Homer
KW  - Technique
KW  - Narration (Rhetoric)
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Prophecies in literature
KW  - Rhetoric, Ancient
KW  - Trojan War
KW  - Literature and the war
KW  - Truthfulness and falsehood in literature
SN  - 0472103520
SN  - 9780472103522
TI  - Homeric misdirection :false predictions in the Iliad /
ER  -