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Homer's Iliad and Odyssey : a biography / Alberto Manguel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manguel, Alberto, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer. Iliad.
- Homer.
- Homer. Odyssey.
- Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character).
- Odysseus.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Trojan War--Poetry.
- Trojan War.
- Physical Description:
- x, 290 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Revised and expanded edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "No one knows whether Homer was a real person, but there is no doubt that the epic poems assembled under his name are foundations of Western literature. The Iliad and the Odyssey--with their tales of the Trojan War, Achilles, Odysseus and Penelope, the Cyclops, the beautiful Helen of Troy, and the petulant gods--have inspired us for over two and a half millennia and influenced writers from Plato to Virgil, Pope to Joyce, and Dante to Margaret Atwood. In this graceful and sweeping book, Alberto Manguel traces the lineage of Homer's poems. He examines their original purpose, either as allegory or record of history; surveys the challenges the pagan poems presented to the early Christian world; and looks at their reception after the Reformation through the present day. In this revised and expanded edition, Manguel ignites new ways of thinking about these classic works"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Summaries of the books
- A life of Homer?
- Among the philosophers
- Virgil
- Christian Homer
- Other Homers
- Homer in Islam
- Dante
- Homer in Hell
- Greek versus Latin
- Ancient versus moderns
- Homer as poetry
- Realms of gold
- Homer as idea
- The eternal feminine
- Homer as symbol
- Homer as history
- Madame Homer
- Ulysses' travels
- Homer through the looking glass
- The shield of Achilles
- The never-ending war
- Everyman.
- Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain in hardcover in 2007 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Grove Atlantic Ltd."--Title page verso
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Manguel, Alberto, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
- ISBN:
- 9780300272475
- 0300272472
- OCLC:
- 1428036498
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