Character, Narrator, and Simile in the Iliad

Character, Narrator, and Simile in the Iliad
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9781139493987
ISBN-13 : 1139493981
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Download or read book Character, Narrator, and Simile in the Iliad written by Jonathan L. Ready and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan L. Ready offers the first comprehensive examination of Homer's similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. This study concentrates primarily on similes spoken by Homeric characters. The first to offer a sustained exploration of such similes, Ready shows how characters are made to contest through and over simile not only with one another but also with the narrator. Ready investigates the narrator's similes as well. He demonstrates that Homer amplifies the feat of a successful warrior by providing a competitive orientation to sequences of similes used to describe battles. He also offers a new interpretation of Homer's extended similes as a means for the poet to imagine his characters as competitors for his attention. Throughout this study, Ready makes innovative use of approaches from both Homeric studies and narratology that have not yet been applied to the analysis of Homer's similes.


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