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Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : a biography / Alberto Manguel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manguel, Alberto.
- Series:
- Books that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)
- Books that changed the world series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Trojan War--Poetry.
- Trojan War.
- Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character).
- Odysseus.
- Homer. Iliad.
- Homer.
- Homer. Odyssey.
- Genre:
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- x, 285 pages ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Iliad and the Odyssey
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Summaries of the Books
- 2. A life of Homer?
- 3. Among the philosophers
- 4. Virgil
- 5. Christian Homer
- 6. Other Homers
- 7. Homer in Islam
- 8. Dante
- 9. Homer in Hell
- 10. Greek versus Latin
- 11. Ancients versus moderns
- 12. Homer as poetry
- 13. Realms of gold
- 14. Homer as idea
- 15. The eternal feminine
- 16. Homer as symbol
- 17. Homer as history
- 18. Madame Homer
- 19. Ulysses' travels
- 20. Homer through the looking glass
- 21. The never-ending war
- 22. Everyman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780871139764 :
- 0871139766
- OCLC:
- 156834861
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