Exile and the Poetics of Loss in Greek Tradition

by: Sultan, N.

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In Exile and the Poetics of Loss in Greek Tradition, Nancy Sultan examines the theme of heroic exile and return in Greek poetic tradition from the Archaic epic of Homer to modern Greek folk poetry and song. Sultan studies issues of how husbands and wives survive separation and communicate the painful experience of loss. Focusing on the role women play as obstacles and facilitators during the hero's exile and return, Sultan argues that the hero's reputation, his glory, that which he earns through suffering in exile, is managed by women—especially his wife and mother. Without their emotional support, the hero's glory is compromised. This innovative and interdisciplinary book will be of interest to classicists, anthropologists, and scholars of literature and women's studies.

Nancy Sultan is associate professor of humanities and classical studies at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Foreword ix
Note on Text and Transliteration xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1 (8)
Part I: The Hero's Voice in Exile
The Discourse of Xenitia
9 (3)
Dikos or Xenos?
12 (12)
Hero and Pallikari
24 (9)
Gendered Discourse: Ponos `Suffering'
33 (8)
Ponos to Poneria
41 (9)
Summary of Part I
50 (4)
Part II: The Hero's Voice of Return
Female Sexuality: Controlling Timely Death
54 (6)
Women's Ponos and Their Discourse of Honor
60 (3)
Ponos and Weaving
63 (4)
Home as Place of Telos
67 (7)
Witnessing
74 (10)
Testing Fidelity
84 (7)
Transfer of Kleos
91 (4)
A Question of Free Will: Ananke
95 (4)
Summary of Part II
99 (2)
Notes 101 (18)
Bibliography 119 (11)
Select Discography 130 (1)
Index 131 (6)
About the Author 137

xiii, 136 pages ; 24 cm

Series:
Greek studies

Exile and the Poetics of Loss in Greek Tradition

by: Sultan, N.

• ISBN-13: 9780847687527 / 978-0-8476-8752-7
• ISBN-03: 084768752X / 0-8476-8752-X
• Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 1999

Price: 53,00 EURO

1 copy in stock