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Caroline Alexander, bestselling author of THE BOUNTY, revisits the most renowned conflict in literary history, The Trojan War, to examine the enduring relevance of Homer's epic examination of war. Alexander shows that underneath the poetry and romance of THE ILIAD is a compelling investigation of the nature of war which questions the responsibilities of a soldier, the hierarchy of duty, and the persistence of conflict. She combines a riveting new reading of Homer's classic text with a cogent analysis which brings the actions of the ancients to bear on our modern world.
| Size | | Length: | 296 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 19.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Alexander...crystallize[s] THE ILIAD's main idea--war's devastation--which she indicates gets lost in the epic's dazzling literary elements..."
(10/01/2009)
"Ms. Alexander is hardly the first writer to suggest that THE ILIAD, beneath its glittering sheen of heroism, gore and a hero's vengeance...is actually among the greatest antiwar epics. But she pursues her thesis relentlessly, and brings to its pursuit many of her gifts as a narrative historian."
(10/13/2009)
"[A] spirited and provocative reading of the world's mightiest epic....The book's best ideas won't be new to readers versed in this work, but it would be hard to find a faster, livelier, more compact introduction to such a great range of recent Iliadic explorations."
(10/15/2009)
"[I]mages of wrath and rage, and of the horrors of war...propel Caroline Alexander's penetrating study of the ILIAD in THE WAR THAT KILLED ACHILLES. It is not merely a retelling with contemporary references, but essentially a launching pad for a commentary on war."
(10/26/2009)
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