| Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society: Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad Contributor(s): Kitts, Margo (Author), Kitts (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521174244 ISBN-13: 9780521174244 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Poetry - History |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East. Discussing ritual features that are common to acts of religious violence throughout the world, Kitts makes use of the theory of ritual performance as communication. |
