Overview

The Iliad in a Nutshell has two objectives: first, it advances a new critical interpretation of the miniature Iliac tablets, or Tabulae Iliacae; second, it signals their relevance within much bigger issues facing the study of Graeco-Roman art and literature in the twenty-first century. By re-assessing the visual and verbal aesthetics of the miniature, Michael Squire shows how a group of early Imperial Roman objects relate to grander discourses about size, ecphrasis, and representation. The conclusions will be of critical importance not only to students of Graeco-Roman literary and visual culture, but to anyone interested in the cultural history of scale, replication, and visual-verbal relations. The volume is generously illustrated, in both black and white and colour.

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Author:   Michael Squire (, King's College London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.40cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.90cm
Weight:   1.432kg
ISBN:  

9780199602445

ISBN 10:   0199602441
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   06 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Opening sesame: the book in a nutshell 2: Putting the pieces together 3: Mastering Theodorean techne 4: Choosing your own adventure 5: Turning the tables 6: The art and poetics of scale 7: Ecphrastic circles 8: Taking the tablets

Reviews

In its physical weight and explicit ambition, it still manages to intimate its subject matter in being simultaneously intense and delicate. Karel Thein, Listy Filologicke Squire offers rich analyses of various aspects of the Tabulae. Gail Trimble, The Anglo-Hellenic Review No. 47

<br> This is a remarkable and challenging book, full of learning and imagination EL Squire successfully challenges much of the received wisdom about the Tabulae Iliacae, provoking us to look at them anew even when we may not agree with his take on them. --Fred W. Jenkins, Bryn Mawr Classical Review<p><br>

Author Information

Dr. Michael Squire is Reader in Classical Art at King's College, London.

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