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Synopsis
In Sardonic Smile, Donald Lateiner examines every major variety of Homeric nonverbal behavior, especially those found in the Odyssey. Noting differences from modern gestures and attending to variation that results from gender, age, and status, Lateiner explores the "silent language" and "what goes without saying" among the heroes Odysseus, Telemakhos, and Penelope--but also the savage Kyklops, the suitors, and the servants. No previous work has thoroughly analyzed nonverbal behavior in Homeric epic. Gesture and posture, conscious and unconscious manipulation of space and time, and involuntary "leakage," such as twitching and shivering, can intensify and underline--or contradict and ironize--the speech of characters and hexameter narrative.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 1995.
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Donald Lateiner is John R. Wright Professor of Greek and Humanities, Ohio Wesleyan University. He is the author of The Historical Method of Herodotus and has written and lectured widely on nonverbal behavior in antiquity.
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"An important contribution to Homeric studies."
--Choice
"Sardonic Smile opens up new dimensions for the study of ancient literature; one may predict that analysis of the nonverbal 'parallel texts' will become increasingly common as a result of the important study."
?--Walter Donlan, Classical Journal
"An important contribution to Homeric studies."
--Choice
(Choice 1999-04-01)
"Written in scholarly yet frequently witty prose, this book is a thoughtful and absorbing piece of interdisciplinary research about a universal aspect of communication and its manifestation in Homer."
--J.C. Brown, Choice
(J.C. Brown Choice 1999-04-01)
"Sardonic Smile opens up new dimensions for the study of ancient literature; one may predict that analysis of the nonverbal 'parallel texts' will become increasingly common as a result of this important study."
--Walter Donlan, Classical Journal
(Walter Donlan Classical Journal 1999-04-01)
". . . [Lateiner's] book is highly stimulating and blazes at least the beginnings of what could turn out to be an exciting new trail."
--Journal of Hellenic Studies
(Journal of Hellenic Studies 1999-04-01)
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- PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0472084909
- ISBN 13 9780472084906
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages368
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