| Nature and Culture in the Iliad: The Tragedy of Hector, Expanded edition | 
 enlarge | Author: James M. Redfield
Publisher: Duke University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 616050
Media: Paperback
Edition: Expanded
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0822314223
Dewey Decimal Number: 883.01
EAN: 9780822314226
ASIN: 0822314223
Publication Date: December 1993
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A Must Read! May 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hands down, one of the best books on the Homeric hero and The Iliad currently available. The expanded edition is a much appreciated update to a classic work of literary criticism. Clearly written!
he got it right June 30, 1999
21 out of 28 found this review helpful
I found much to disagree about when I read this book, but the conflict it posed was part of what made it such a great read (its often boring to read an author you completely agree with). Of all the commentaries on the Iliad I've seen, this is the one that gets the central point right. Most people focus their critic of the Iliad by assuming it is the story of Achilles. In fact, it isn't, there is another, perhaps more powerful, story lurking; in the finest tradition of Shakespearean drama the Iliad is fundamentally the tragedy of Hector. It is this duality which makes the Iliad one of the great books in human history and nature and culture is one of the few books that, in addition to providing some informative background on homeric culture, stresses this point.
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