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This essay in comparative literature represents the first extended attempt to relate Dante's major allegorical mode to classical and medieval interpretations of epic poetry rather than to patristic biblical exegesis. It also is the first comprehensive explanation of Dante's enigmatic Ulysses. Thompson strives to shed new light not only on Dante's allegory - and thus upon the whole troubled question of exactly what an allegory was thought to be but also on the intricate relationship between poet and poem and between Dante's spiritual journeys and his written representation of those itineraries.

Symbolism. --- Epic poetry, Italian --- Classical influences. --- Homere --- Virgile --- Dante Alighieri, --- Dante (Alighieri). --- Dante --- Homer. --- Virgil. --- Symbolisme. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Odyssey (Homer) --- Aeneis (Virgil) --- Virgil --- Aeneis --- Homer --- Odyssey --- Classical influences --- Dante Alighieri --- 1265-1321 --- Symbolism --- Representation, Symbolic --- Symbolic representation --- Mythology --- Emblems --- Signs and symbols --- Italian epic poetry --- Italian poetry --- Odysseia (Homer) --- Homērou Odysseia (Homer) --- Odyssea (Homerus) --- Odissei︠a︡ (Homer) --- Homeri Odyssea (Homer) --- Odyssea (Homer) --- Odysseen (Homer) --- Odiseʼah (Homer) --- Odisea (Homer) --- Odyssee (Homer) --- Odiseja (Homer) --- Aeneid (Virgil) --- Eneida (Virgil) --- Enéide (Virgil)

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Blood and Iron is an exploration of the role of gossip, rumor and storytelling in the society depicted in the Odyssey and in the real world in which the poem was performed. It includes extensive analysis of Homeric narrative technique, with particular attention to the way the singer creates tension in a largely traditional tale. Individual chapters treat discrete, generally very traditional literary and historical problems, including the significance of the term kleos , the presentation of Telemachos, the internal chronology of the poem, the nature of Homeric kingship, and the role of violence in the ancient Greek family. The book will be of importance for anyone interested in the literary content or storytelling technique of Homeric epic, as well for historians of the late Dark Ages.

storytelling --- Homer --- Epic poetry, Greek --- Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature --- Epic poetry --- Storytelling in literature --- Storytelling --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- Poésie épique grecque --- Odyssée (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Poésie épique --- Art de conter dans la littérature --- Art de conter --- Rhétorique ancienne --- History and criticism --- Stories, plots, etc --- Histoire et critique --- Histoires, intrigues, etc --- Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature. --- Storytelling in literature. --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- History and criticism. --- -Storytelling in literature --- -Rhetoric, Ancient --- Heroic poetry --- Poetry --- Classical languages --- Greek language --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- Story-telling --- Telling of stories --- Oral interpretation --- Children's stories --- Folklore --- Oral interpretation of fiction --- Greek epic poetry --- Epic poetry, Classical --- Greek poetry --- Rhetoric --- Performance --- Poésie épique grecque --- Odyssée (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Poésie épique --- Art de conter dans la littérature --- Rhétorique ancienne --- Ancient rhetoric --- Homer. --- Homerus. --- Stories, plots, etc. --- Epic poetry. --- Epic poetry, Greek. --- Literature. --- Storytelling. --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Authors --- Authorship --- Odysseus, --- Odaiséas, --- Odisej, --- Odiseja, --- Odisėjas, --- Odisejs, --- Odiseo, --- Odiseu, --- Odissea, --- Odisseas, --- Odisseu, --- Odisseus, --- Odissey, --- Odusseus, --- Odüsszeusz, --- Odyseusz, --- Odyssevs, --- Odyseus, --- Odysews, --- Ódysseifur, --- Oliseus, --- Olisseus, --- Oylixeus, --- Olytteus, --- Ulises, --- Ulisse, --- Ulissi, --- Ulixes, --- Ulysse, --- Ulysses, --- Utuze, --- Οδυσσέας, --- Ὀδυσσεύς, --- Ὀλισεύς, --- Ὀλισσεύς, --- Ὀλυττεύς, --- Οὐλιξεύς, --- אודיסאוס, --- オデュッセウス, --- 奥德修斯, --- 오디세우스, --- أوديسيوس, --- Адысей, --- Одисеј, --- Одисей, --- Одіссей, --- Одиссей, --- In literature. --- Odyssey (Homer) --- Odysseia (Homer) --- Homērou Odysseia (Homer) --- Odyssea (Homerus) --- Odissei︠a︡ (Homer) --- Homeri Odyssea (Homer) --- Odyssea (Homer) --- Odysseen (Homer) --- Odiseʼah (Homer) --- Odisea (Homer) --- Odyssee (Homer) --- Odiseja (Homer) --- Greece. --- al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellada --- Ellas --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret͡sii͡ --- Griechenland --- Hellada --- Hellas --- Hellenic Republic --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- Philology