{"product_id":"homers-iliad-and-the-problem-charles-h-stocking-9780192862877","title":"Homer's Iliad and the Problem of Force","description":"The topic of force has long remained a problem of interpretation for readers of Homer's \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e, ever since Simone Weil famously proclaimed it as the poem's main subject. This book seeks to address that problem through a full-scale treatment of the language of force in the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e from both philological and philosophical perspectives. Each chapter explores the different types of Iliadic force in combination with the reception of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e in the French intellectual tradition. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that the different terms for force in the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e give expression to distinct relations between self and \"other.\" At the same time, this book reveals how the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e as a whole undermines the very relations of force which characters within the poem seek to establish. Ultimately, this study of force in the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e offers an occasion to reconsider human subjectivity in Homeric poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles H. Stocking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192862871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192862877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.95w x 0.81d","brand":"Charles H. Stocking","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44181438759167,"sku":"9780192862877","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef2aa0f0-eeb8-47cb-8b6a-b99905f89a69.jpg?v=1690260454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homers-iliad-and-the-problem-charles-h-stocking-9780192862877","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}