{"product_id":"9783110179446","title":"Epic Grief: Personal Laments in Homer's Iliad","description":"  \u003cmeta name=\"generator\" content=\"microsoft dhtml editing control\"\u003e \u003ctitle\u003e\u003c\/title\u003e   \u003cbr\u003eThis study of the \u003cem\u003egooi \u003c\/em\u003eor personal laments in Home\u0026amp;racute;s \u003cem\u003eIliad \u003c\/em\u003eonce and for all articulates the poetic techniques regulating this type of speech. Going beyond the tendency to view lament as a repetitive and group-based activity, this work shows instead the primacy of the \u003cem\u003egoos\u003c\/em\u003e, a sub-genre which the \u003cem\u003eIliad \u003c\/em\u003ehas \"produced\" by absorbing the funerary genre of lament. Oral theory, narratology, semiotics, rhetorical analysis are deftly applied to explore the ways personal laments develop principal epic themes and unravel narrative threads weaving the thematical texture of the entire \u003cem\u003eIliad \u003c\/em\u003e(and beyond): the wrath of Achilles, the deaths of Patroclus and Hector, the grief of Achilles and his future death, the foreshadowing of Troýs destruction. \u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Annual Award in Classics (2007) of the Academy of Athens.  ","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052080152816,"sku":"9783110179446","price":154.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783110179446_p0.jpg?v=1763715102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783110179446","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}