The Swineherd and the Bow : Representations of Class in the "Odyssey" /

The Odyssey, William G. Thalmann asserts, does not describe an actual historical society at any period, but gives a selective, idiosyncratic, and contradictory picture to serve ideological ends, representing rather than reproducing social reality. The Swineherd and the Bow is an ambitious attempt to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thalmann, William G. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Nagy, Gregory (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Colección:Myth and Poetics
Temas:
Folklore.
Literary Studies.
Poetry & Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Citations and Names
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Some "Minor" Characters in the Odyssey
  • 1. Relations of Dependency: Some Themes and Issues
  • 2. The View from Above: The Representation of Slaves in the Odyssey
  • Part II. Oikos and Community: The Contest of the Bow
  • Introduction to Part II: Competitive Performances
  • 3. Household, Honor, and the Violence of Competition
  • 4. The Contest at the Hearth: Family Values with a Vengeance
  • Part III. Paradigms and Audiences
  • Introduction to Part III: Appropriating Paradigms
  • 5. The Dark Age and Hierarchy
  • 6. The Odyssey as Social Process
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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