Provoking Things: Homer, Humpty, and Heidegger

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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