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Atchity, Kenneth John

 
9780809308095: Homer's Iliad: The Shield of Memory
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ISBN 10: 0809308096 ISBN 13: 9780809308095
Casa editrice: Southern Illinois Univ Pr, 1978

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?The central image of Homer’s great epic story of the wrath of Achilles,” Atchity writes in his Introduction to this brilliant new study of the poem’s structure, ?is the invulnerable shield made for the poem’s hero at the Olym­pian forge of Hephaistos.” Atchity’s subsequent revelation of the imagery as the guiding aesthetic provides a com­plete interpretation of the Iliad from the viewpoint of image and theme.

 

The major portion of Atchity’s new interpretation is devoted to a compari­son of the characters of Helen and Achilles, around whom center, Atchity shows, ?galaxies” of characters and images that can be identified in orderly or disorderly terms, the relationship of which is the theme of the Iliad. In addition, Atchity pays particular atten­tion to the poem’s presentation of the art of words, thus making clear the relationship of memory, cognition, and action in the epic tradition.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Kenneth John Atchity is Assistant Professor of English and Literature at Occidental College, Los Angeles, Cali­fornia.

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Editore
Southern Illinois Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1978
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0809308096
ISBN 13 
9780809308095
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
368
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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