The limits of heroism : Homer and the ethics of reading / Mark Buchan.
2004
PA4167 .B64 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
The limits of heroism : Homer and the ethics of reading / Mark Buchan.
Author
Buchan, Mark, 1966-
ISBN
0472113917 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780472113910 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780472113910 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2004.
Language
English
Description
viii, 282 pages ; 25 cm.
Call Number
PA4167 .B64 2004
Alternate Call Number
18.43
Dewey Decimal Classification
883/.01
Summary
"The Limits of Heroism: Homer and the Ethics of Reading examines the difficulty and danger of human desire in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, as it explores the uncertainty of decision making and the relationship of desire to heroic ideology." "The Limits of Heroism applies current theoretical work on desire and ideology-critique as it investigates well-known scholarly problems: the problem of the self and human identity, the cohesiveness of heroic ideology, and the possibility of an internal critique of ideology. Scholars and readers of Homer, as well as those interested in the problem of desire, will find The Limits of Heroism an illuminating study of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two vital texts in classical studies."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-273) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 2 1. Polyphemus: The Blinding of a Cyclops z8 2. Phaeacia: The Impossible Choice of Subjectivity 36 3. In the Beginning Was Proteus 5o 4. From Stones to Statehood: Sublime Objects in the Odyssey 72 5. Metis and Monstrosity: Odysseus' and Demodocus' Battle of Wits 89 6. The Limits of Heroism tzo 7. The Odyssey from the Perspective of Its Victims 233 8. What Does a Phaeacian Woman Want? 282 9. Penelope as Parthenos 206 Notes 237 References 269 Index 275.