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100 1 a| Lane Fox, Robin,d| 1946-e| author.=| ^A89424;

245 10 a| Homer and his Iliad /c| Robin Lane Fox.;

250 a| First US edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Basic Books,c| 2023.;

300 a| xiii, 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 25 cm;

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505 0 a| Prologue: enigmatic Homer -- Part 1. Homer and his Iliad: where? -- 'When first they quarreled...' -- Doing things with words -- Tracking Homer -- Homer's heartland -- Unstitching the Iliad -- Plotting an epic -- Part II. Composing the Iliad: how? -- 'Sing, o goddess...' -- Homeric fieldwork -- Singers of tales -- The uses of analogy -- A great dictator -- Part III. Composing the Iliad: when? -- Problems of literacy -- Trojan Wars -- 'Not as mortal men are now...' -- Dating Homer -- In transmission -- Part IV. Heroic hallmarks. -- Heroism: the highlights -- 'Not ingloriously may I die...' -- 'If it must be so...' -- Heroic ethics -- Heroes at play -- Heroism and hyper-reality -- Shame and glory -- Character and background -- Equine poetics -- Swift-footed Achilles -- Part V. Parallel worlds. -- The heavenly family -- Sublime frivolity? -- White-armed women -- Royal mothers -- The natural world -- 'As when...' -- The shield of Achilles -- Ruthless Poignancy.;

520 a| Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

600 00 a| Homer.t| Iliad.=| ^A494868;

600 00 a| Homerx| Technique.=| ^A16160;

650 0 a| Trojan War.=| ^A164384;

650 6 a| Guerre de Troie.;

650 7 a| HISTORY / Ancient / Greece.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.2| bisacsh;

650 7 a| LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.2| bisacsh;

655 7 a| Literary criticism.2| lcgft;

655 7 a| Critiques littéraires.2| rvmgf;

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Homer and his Iliad / Robin Lane Fox.

Author/creator	Lane Fox, Robin, 1946- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First US edition.
Publication	New York : Basic Books, 2023.
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	xiii, 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subjects	Homer. Iliad. Homer--Technique. Trojan War. Guerre de Troie.

Contents	Prologue: enigmatic Homer -- Part 1. Homer and his Iliad: where? -- 'When first they quarreled...' -- Doing things with words -- Tracking Homer -- Homer's heartland -- Unstitching the Iliad -- Plotting an epic -- Part II. Composing the Iliad: how? -- 'Sing, o goddess...' -- Homeric fieldwork -- Singers of tales -- The uses of analogy -- A great dictator -- Part III. Composing the Iliad: when? -- Problems of literacy -- Trojan Wars -- 'Not as mortal men are now...' -- Dating Homer -- In transmission -- Part IV. Heroic hallmarks. -- Heroism: the highlights -- 'Not ingloriously may I die...' -- 'If it must be so...' -- Heroic ethics -- Heroes at play -- Heroism and hyper-reality -- Shame and glory -- Character and background -- Equine poetics -- Swift-footed Achilles -- Part V. Parallel worlds. -- The heavenly family -- Sublime frivolity? -- White-armed women -- Royal mothers -- The natural world -- 'As when...' -- The shield of Achilles -- Ruthless Poignancy.
Abstract	Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
ISBN	9781541600447 (hardcover)
ISBN	1541600444 (hardcover)

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