{"product_id":"homers-iliad-and-the-trojan-war","title":"Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this new volume, Jan Haywood and Naoíse Mac Sweeney investigate the position of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e within the wider Trojan War tradition through a series of detailed case studies. From ancient Mesopotamia to twenty-first century America, these examples are drawn from a range of historical and cultural contexts; and from Athenian pot paintings to twelfth-century German scholarship, they engage with a range of different media and genres. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the dialogues inherent in the process of reception, the book adopts a dialogic structure. In each chapter, paired essays by Haywood and Mac Sweeney offer contrasting authorial voices addressing a single theme, thereby drawing out connections and dissonances between a diverse suite of classical and post-classical Iliadic receptions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe resulting book offers new insights, both into individual instances of Iliadic reception in particular historical contexts, but also into the workings of a complex story tradition. The centrality of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e within the wider Trojan War tradition is shown to be a function of conscious engagement not only with Iliadic content, but also with Iliadic status and the iconic idea of the Homeric.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833501692109,"sku":"9781350129412","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_493f3c8c-dfc1-4dea-a804-d46ac3e71a7e.jpg?v=1790887455","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/homers-iliad-and-the-trojan-war","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}