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Desire in the Iliad : the force that moves the epic and its audience /

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The first study to examine desire in the 'Iliad' in a comprehensive way, explaining its relationship to the epic's narrative structure and audience reception. The author offers a new reading of the poem that shows how the characters' desires, especially those of mortal hero Achil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lesser, Rachel H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Homer. > Iliad.
Iliad (Homer)
Desire in literature.
Désir dans la littérature.
Ancient.
HISTORY.
Social History.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS.
Desire in literature
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Characters' Triangular Desires
  • The Plot(s) of the Iliad and This Book
  • Narrative Desire
  • Sympathetic and Empathetic Desires
  • Pain, Pleasure, and Satisfaction
  • 1. Triangles of Desire at the Iliad's Opening
  • The First Triangle: Chryses, Chryseis, and Agamemnon
  • Kalchas' Inflammatory Mediation
  • The Second Triangle: Achilleus, Briseis, and Agamemnon
  • Pothē for Achilleus
  • Nestor's Ineffective Intervention
  • 2. Achilleus' Plot and Divine Determination
  • Achilleus' Narrative Agency
  • Chryses' Paradigmatic Resolution
  • Back to Achilleus-and Zeus
  • A Third, Divine Triangle of Desire
  • Hephaistos as Mediator
  • Evaluating the Divine Resolution
  • 3. The Superplot's Beginning
  • From the Main Plot to the Superplot
  • Why the Greek Army Fights
  • The Desires of Menelaos and Paris
  • Helen as Subject of Desire
  • The Triangle of Helen, Paris, and Aphrodite
  • Paris' Desire, Again
  • 4. The Desire for War and Its Discontents
  • The Divine Determinants of War
  • Allegiance and Alignment with the Greeks
  • Diomedes' Aristeia
  • The Gods' Involvement in the Battle
  • The Trojan Women's Desires
  • Andromache's Proleptic Longing
  • 5. The Renewal of Achilleus' Destructive Desires
  • From the Superplot to the Main Plot
  • The Embassy to Achilleus: Reconciliation or an Insult Revisited?
  • The Revival and Modification of Achilleus' Desires
  • Phoinix's Speech
  • Achilleus' Obstinacy
  • 6. The Oppositional Desires of Hera and Patroklos
  • The Progression of Achilleus' Plot through Zeus's Will
  • Hera's Plot
  • The Deception of Zeus
  • Zeus's Revised Will
  • Patroklos' Challenge to Achilleus' Plot
  • Patroklos' Aristeia
  • 7. Achilleus' Mourning and Revenge
  • Achilleus' New Triangular Desires.
  • An Incomplete and Unsatisfactory Resolution
  • The Queerness of Achilleus' Attachment to Patroklos
  • Achilleus' Aristeia
  • Achilleus Meets Hektor
  • 8. Desire for Lamentation
  • Priam's and Hekabe's Desires
  • Andromache's Melancholic Mourning
  • Achilleus' Persistent Mourning
  • Approaching the End
  • Resolutions of Desire
  • Audience (Dis)satisfaction
  • Bibliography
  • Index.