Epic Facework
Self-Presentation and Social Interaction in Homer
Published on 31. December 2008
190 pages
978-1-910589-43-4 (ISBN)
Description
Homer''s characters are often very far from an unreflecting struggle for status at others'' expense. Rather than being a ''zero-sum game'', their negotiations can be of an impressive delicacy, designed to protect the ''face'' of the other. Gifts and visible deference are important measures of honour, but characters also care about what others really feel. This sensitive study reveals that at the beginnings of (surviving) Greek literature Homer''s audience is expected to appreciate psychology and self-control of a very high order. Literary analysts, historians, anthropologists and indeed archaeologists will have much to learn here about the general level of sophistication of the historic and prehistoric societies which generated such deeply civilized poetry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Swansea
United Kingdom
File size
1,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-910589-43-4 (9781910589434)
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10/2008
Classical Press of Wales
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