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| Named Person: | Homer.; Homer.; Homer. |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathan Shay |
| ISBN: | 0684813211 : 9780684813219 |
| OCLC Number: | 33402762 |
| Notes: | Originally published: 1994. "A Touchstone book." |
| Description: | xxiii, 246 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | PART I: Betrayal of "What's right" -- Shrinkage of the social and moral horizon -- Grief at the death of a special comrade -- Guilt and wrongful substitution -- Berserk -- PART II: Dishonoring the enemy -- What Homer left out -- Soldiers' luck and God's will -- Reclaiming the Iliad's gods as a metaphor of social power -- PART III: The breaking points of moral existence: what breaks? -- Healing and tragedy -- Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | Jonathan Shay. |
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