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Reading the Odyssey

Selected Interpretive Essays
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This collection makes available critical work on the "Odyssey" produced since the 1940s. The ten essays address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; its representation of gender roles and, in particular, of Penelope; its narrative strategies and form; and its relation to the "Iliad", especially to that epic's distinctive conception of heroism.

Author Biography:

Seth L. Schein is Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics at the University of California, Davis. His books include The Mortal Hero: An Introduction to Homer's "Iliad" and The Iambic Trimeter in Aeschylus and Sophocles: A Study in Metrical Form.
Release date Australia
December 18th, 1995
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributor
  • Edited by Seth L. Schein
Pages
296
Dimensions
152x229x15
ISBN-13
9780691044392
Product ID
3422727

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