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03471aam a2200457 i 4500 001 EBB805AC477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 200827s2021 miu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2020038653 020 $a 0472132326 020 $a 9780472132324 035 $a (OCoLC)1150996352 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PA4037 $b .A79 2021 082 00 $a 883/.01 $2 23 100 1 $a Austin, Emily P., $e author. 245 10 $a Grief and the hero : $b the futility of longing in the Iliad / $c Emily P. Austin. 246 30 $a Futility of longing in the Iliad 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 192 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178) and index. 505 0 $a Grief, longing, and anger : an introduction -- Pothe in the Iliad -- Longing, anger, and futility -- How pothe changes the story -- Grief for Hektor -- Conclusion. 520 $a "Grief and the Hero examines Achilles' experience of the futility of grief in the context of the Iliad's study of anger. No action can undo his friend Patroklos' death, but the experience of death drives him to behave as though he can achieve something restorative. Rather than assuming that grief gives rise to anger, as most scholars have done, Grief and the Hero pays close attention to the poem's representation of the origin of these emotions. In the Iliad, only Achilles' grief for Patroklos is joined with the word pothe, "longing"; no other grief in the poem is described with this term. The Iliad depicts Achilles' grief as the rupture of shared life-an insight that generates a new way of reading the epic. Achilles' anguish drives him to extremes, oscillating between self-isolation and seeking communal expressions of grief; between weeping abundantly and relentlessly pursuing battle; between varied threats of mutilation, deeds of vengeance, and other vows. Yet his yearning for life shared with Patroklos is the common denominator. Here lies the profound insight of the Iliad. All of Achilles' grief-driven deeds arise from his longing for life with Patroklos, and thus all of these deeds are, in a deep sense, futile. He yearns for something unattainable--undoing the reality of death. Grief and the Hero will appeal not only to scholars and students of Homer but to all humanists. Loss, longing, and even revenge touch many human lives, and the insights of the Iliad have broad resonance"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Homer. $t Iliad. 600 00 $a Achilles $c (Mythological character) 600 07 $a Achilles $c (Mythological character) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00795683 630 07 $a Iliad (Homer) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356294 650 0 $a Grief in literature. 650 0 $a Desire in literature. 650 0 $a Anger in literature. 650 0 $a Emotions in literature. 650 7 $a Anger in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00808796 650 7 $a Desire in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00891364 650 7 $a Emotions in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908874 650 7 $a Grief in literature $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00947910 776 08 $i Online version: $a Austin, Emily P. $t Grief and the hero $d Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2021. $z 9780472128464 $w (DLC) 2020038654 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014927.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBB805AC477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search