Homer: The Odyssey
2nd Edition
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- Author: Jasper Griffin, Balliol College, Oxford
- Date Published: November 2003
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521539784
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This handy guide to The Odyssey introduces students to a text which has been fundamental to literature for nearly 3,000 years. Providing a summary of the poem and examining its structure, Jasper Griffin clearly outlines the unity, values and techniques of the poem, as well as the reasons for its longstanding appeal. Students will discover the essential themes of loyalty and betrayal, and will be guided through the narrative of Odysseus' adventures, in addition to a helpful guide to further reading. First Edition Hb (1987): 0-521-32804-7 First Edition Pb (1987): 0-521-31043-1
Read more- New edition of a widely used and helpful guide to one of the greatest works of world literature - including a fully updated guide to further reading
- This introduction examines the significant after-life of the Odyssey
- Written by an expert in the field who has taught this text for many years
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"Intelligent and readable, it offers a concise overview of the issues most frequently raised when students approach Homer for the first time." Classical World
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: November 2003
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521539784
- length: 112 pages
- dimensions: 199 x 129 x 8 mm
- weight: 0.12kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. The Making of the Odyssey:
1. The background of the Odyssey
2. The date of the Odyssey
3. Bards and oral poetry
4. The language of the Odyssey and the 'formulaic system'
5. Is the Odyssey an oral poem?
6. Alternative Odysseys?
7. How the poem comes down to us
Part II. The Poem:
8. Summary
9. Translating Homer
10. Shape and unity
11. The epic style: grandeur and realism
12. The epic: technique and variety
13. The Odyssey and the Iliad
14. Myth and folklore
15. Some problems
16. Men and gods
17. Men and women
18. Society and geography
19. The values of the Odyssey
Part III. The Odyssey and After:
20. The after-life of the Odyssey
Guide to further reading.
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