{"product_id":"the-poetics-of-consent-david-f-elmer-9781421408262","title":"The Poetics of Consent: Collective Decision Making and the Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e's depiction of politics reveals that the poem is the product of a broad consensus of performers and audiences across generations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Consent \u003c\/i\u003ebreaks new ground in Homeric studies by interpreting the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e's depictions of political action in terms of the poetic forces that shaped the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e itself. Arguing that consensus is a central theme of the epic, David Elmer analyzes in detail scenes in which the poem's three political communities--Achaeans, Trojans, and Olympian gods--engage in the process of collective decision making. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese scenes reflect an awareness of the negotiation involved in reconciling rival versions of the \u003ci\u003eIliad \u003c\/i\u003eover centuries. They also point beyond the\u003ci\u003e Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e's world of gods and heroes to the here-and-now of the poem's performance and reception, in which the consensus over the shape and meaning of the Iliadic tradition is continuously evolving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElmer synthesizes ideas and methods from literary and political theory, classical philology, anthropology, and folklore studies to construct an alternative to conventional understandings of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e's politics. \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Consent \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David F. Elmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421408260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421408262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013","brand":"David F. Elmer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088210538751,"sku":"9781421408262","price":60.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54d709f6-0387-4dfd-b851-433610aa0261.jpg?v=1769103668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-poetics-of-consent-david-f-elmer-9781421408262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}