Finalist for the 2020 PROSE Awards, Classics section
Homer’s Odyssey is the first great travel narrative in Western
culture. A compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about
redemption, transformation, and the search for home, the Odyssey
continues to be studied in universities and schools, and to be read
and referred to by ordinary readers. Reading Homer’s Odyssey
offers a book-by-book commentary on the epic’s themes that
informs the non-specialist and engages the seasoned reader in new
perspectives. Among the themes discussed are hospitality, survival,
wealth, reputation and immortality, the Olympian gods,
self-reliance and community, civility, behavior, etiquette and
technology, ease, inactivity and stagnation, Penelope’s
relationship with Odysseus, Telemachus’ journey, Odysseus’
rejection of Calypso’s offer of immortality, Odysseus’ lies,
Homer’s use of the House of Atreus and other myths, the cinematic
qualities of the epic’s structure, women’s role in the epic,
and the Odyssey’s true ending. Footnotes clarify and elaborate
upon myths that Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases,
and provide background information. The volume concludes with a
general bibliography of work on the Odyssey, in addition to the
bibliographies that accompany each book’s commentary. Published
by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide
by Rutgers University Press.
General
Imprint: |
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2019 |
First published: |
2019 |
Authors: |
Kostas Myrsiades
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
364 |
Edition: |
None ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-68448-131-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-68448-131-7 |
Barcode: |
9781684481316 |
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