A word from another world’
Mourning and similes in Homeric epic and Alice Oswald’s Memorial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12936472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Corinne Pache, Corinne Ondine Pache (Trinity University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 170-190 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Classical Receptions Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1759-5134 • E-ISSN: 1759-5142 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/crj/cly001 |
| OpenAlex | W2792160339 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article focuses on Alice Oswald's 2012 Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad and its connections with ancient epic and lament. Oswald's poem is inspired by the Iliad, but omits the plot and most of the main events to focus on minor characters' encounters with death and the grief they leave behind. Memorial thus strongly rejects the possibility of heroism on the battlefield, and foregrounds mourning. Oswald's narrator interacts with both the characters of the poem and the audience, reactivating an ancient tradition for a modern audience, turning readers (and listeners) into mourners, and connecting the dead from the past and the audience in the present
Ancient history · Art · Battle · Battlefield · EPIC · Focus (optics · Grief · Lament · Literature · Plot (graphics · Poetry · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis · History
Discourse and Performance
Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World
The Iliad
Translation' and Transformation
The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition
Mourning Lions and Penelope’s Revenge
The Interpretation of Order
The Iliad
The Interpretation of Order
The best of the Achaeans
The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |