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OverviewIn this new volume, Jan Haywood and Naoíse Mac Sweeney investigate the position of Homer’s Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition through a series of detailed case studies. From ancient Mesopotamia to twenty-first century America, these examples are drawn from a range of historical and cultural contexts; and from Athenian pot paintings to twelfth-century German scholarship, they engage with a range of different media and genres. Inspired by the dialogues inherent in the process of reception, the book adopts a dialogic structure. In each chapter, paired essays by Haywood and Mac Sweeney offer contrasting authorial voices addressing a single theme, thereby drawing out connections and dissonances between a diverse suite of classical and post-classical Iliadic receptions. The resulting book offers new insights, both into individual instances of Iliadic reception in particular historical contexts, but also into the workings of a complex story tradition. The centrality of the Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition is shown to be a function of conscious engagement not only with Iliadic content, but also with Iliadic status and the iconic idea of the Homeric. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Jan Haywood (Teaching Fellow, University of Leicester, UK) , Dr Naoise Mac Sweeney (University of Leicester, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781350129412ISBN 10: 1350129410 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 19 September 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Figures Note from the Authors Introduction: Dialogue Chapter 1: Navigating Tradition 1.1:The Iliad’s Poets – Haywood 1.2: The Erra’s Poems – Mac Sweeney Chapter 2: Visulaising Society 2.1: Euthymides’ Pioneer Politics – Mac Sweeney 2.2: Rossetti’s Vulnerable Firebrand – Haywood Chapter 3: Staging Conflict 3.1: Euripides’ New Contests – Haywood 3.2: Shakespeare’s Empty Arguments – Mac Sweeney Chapter 4: Seeking Truth 4.1: Herodotus’ Trojan Truths – Haywood 4.2: Schliemann’s Physical Proofs – Mac Sweeney Chapter 5: Claiming Identities 5.1: Godfrey’s Hall of Mirrors – Mac Sweeney 5.2: Petersen’s Hall of Fame – Haywood Conclusion: Memorial References IndexReviewsThe range is impressive ... Iliadic reception processes churn in these pages as diverse post-classical connections and dissonances are illuminated. Bound together then, as privileged, the epic of Homer and the whole tradition of the Trojan War, retold and reiterated, confirm at once their complexity and centrality. The authors show how, over time, what prevails is a conscious engagement with Iliadic content, Iliadic status, and the iconic idea of the Homeric ... Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE * A thought-provoking, carefully considered series of case studies that make it a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in Classical reception. * Minerva * Haywood and Mac Sweeney's engaging book performs a spirited scholarly dialogue about the extraordinary role of the Iliad in shaping several Trojan War receptions that respond by forever transforming the very source text they evoke. * Monica S. Cyrino, Professor of Classics, University of New Mexico, USA * The range is impressive ... Iliadic reception processes churn in these pages as diverse post-classical connections and dissonances are illuminated. Bound together then, as privileged, the epic of Homer and the whole tradition of the Trojan War, retold and reiterated, confirm at once their complexity and centrality. The authors show how, over time, what prevails is a conscious engagement with Iliadic content, Iliadic status, and the iconic idea of the Homeric ... Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE * Haywood and Mac Sweeney's engaging book performs a spirited scholarly dialogue about the extraordinary role of the Iliad in shaping several Trojan War receptions that respond by forever transforming the very source text they evoke. * Monica S. Cyrino, Professor of Classics, University of New Mexico, USA * A thought-provoking, carefully considered series of case studies that make it a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in Classical reception. * Minerva * Author InformationJan Haywood is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. He has published on various aspects of the history and literature of the ancient Greek world, and is the author of Intertext and Allusion in Herodotus'Histories: Authority, Proof, Polemic (forthcoming). Naoise Mac Sweeney is Associate Professor in Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK. Her published titles include Foundation Myths and Politics in Ancient Ionia (2013) and Community Identity and Archaeology (2011). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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