The Poetics of Failure in Ancient Greece

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Beschreibung

Through close readings of epic, lyric, and tragic poetry, The Poetics of Failure in Ancient Greece engages into a thorough discourse on error, loss, and inadequacy as a personal and collective experience.

Über den Autor

Stamatia Dova is Professor of Classics at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, Massachusetts and Associate in Hellenic Language and Literature at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Her publications include Greek Heroes in and out of Hades (Lexington Books, 2012).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Odysseus' failure and the opening of our Odyssey; 2. Theseus, Peirithoos, and the poetics of a failed katabasis; 3. Herakles and the limits of sanity; 4. Whose fault is it?; 5. Achilles, Melikertes, and the perils of immersion; 6. Who wants Tithonos' Immortality?; 7. On heroes and athletes in Homer; 8. Winner takes all; 9. Neither silver nor bronze; 10. Collective aposi¿p¿sis and the failure of the Ionian revolt

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781032474540
ISBN-10:	1032474548
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dova, Stamatia
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Stamatia Dova
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.01.2023
Gewicht:	0,336 kg