- Title
- Provoking Things: Homer, Humpty, and Heidegger
- Creator
- Cloke, Sally
- Relation
- Philosophy and Literature Vol. 44, Issue 1, p. 176-183
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phl.2020.0011
- Publisher
- John Hopkins University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Homer's Odysseus and Lewis Carroll's Humpty Dumpty. An unlikely pairing, perhaps, but should they ever meet at some wayside inn or afternoon tea table they may find they have plenty to talk about. Both inhabit tales that involve journeys into strange lands, alarming characters, and peculiar dinner companions, and both use their wits to compete in complex language games. One might think that, in narrative worlds where very little is simple, straightforward, or secure, these two could at least rely on their material possessions. Yet they both own what I will call, following from Humpty, a "provoking thing."
- Subject
- material possessions; language games; Homer's Odysseus; Lewis Caroll's Humpty Dumpty
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1462801
- Identifier
- uon:46562
- Identifier
- ISSN:0190-0013
- Language
- eng
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