{"product_id":"the-limits-of-heroism-mark-buchan-9780472113910","title":"The Limits of Heroism: Homer and the Ethics of Reading","description":"The plots of Homeric poems depend upon the uncertainty of Odysseus and Achilles getting what they want, while the endings imply that getting what one wants may itself be a disaster. By examining specific episodes of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Buchan illustrates the centrality of hazard and doubt to decision-making, and argues that such uncertainty affects not only the heroes themselves, but also the world around them. Buchan goes on to introduce the paradoxes of female desire in the poems, uncovering the ways that female desire at once upholds and threatens the poems' heroic male ideology. Finally, The Limits of Heroism questions the interplay between desire and ideals of heroism, and finds that the poems critique the very ideology that motivates their heroes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Buchan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472113917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472113910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.56w x 0.98d","brand":"Mark Buchan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064992084223,"sku":"9780472113910","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3b15fdf-d2cf-4ea8-83f2-dc1568e0efa5.jpg?v=1768672415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-limits-of-heroism-mark-buchan-9780472113910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}