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The Odyssey
By Homer
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Description
A glossary and a map of the Greek world accompany the text.
The Odyssey in Antiquity provides contextual materials and commentary to increase readers' appreciation for literature and life in the Homeric age.
A collection of nine assessments of The Odyssey by ancient and medieval writers, including Pindar, Aristotle, Seneca, and Scholia, is featured.
Essays by G. S. Kirk and Martin P. Nilsson, respectively, discuss poetic conventions and the socioreligious order Homer depicts.
Criticism provides sixteen wide-ranging interpretations of The Odyssey. Included are seminal essays by Jean Racine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ezra Pound, Cedric H. Whitman, and A. C. Goodson.
Albert Cook, Elizabeth Storz, Norman Austin, and John Peradotto provide new perspectives on the poem.
An updated Selected Bibliography is also included.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
432
Release Date:
1993-01-01
Publication Date:
1993-09-30
Publisher:
Blue Guides Limited of London
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0393964051
ISBN13:
9780393964059
Weight:
417 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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