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Desire in the Iliad the force that moves the epic and its audience /

The first study to examine desire in the 'Iliad' in a comprehensive way, explaining its relationship to the epic's narrative structure and audience reception. The author offers a new reading of the poem that shows how the characters' desires, especially those of mortal hero Achil...

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Main Author: Lesser, Rachel H. (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford Scholarship Online
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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