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- This wide-ranging collection makes available to specialists and nonspecialists alike important critical work on the Odyssey produced during the last half century.
- About the Author: Seth L. Schein is Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics at the University of California, Davis.
- 296 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Ancient & Classical
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Book Synopsis
This wide-ranging collection makes available to specialists and nonspecialists alike important critical work on the Odyssey produced during the last half century. 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.
In the introduction, Seth L. Schein describes the poetic background to the work and suggests a variety of interpretive approaches, some of which are developed in the essays that follow. These essays include previously published work by Jean-Pierre Vernant, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Pietro Pucci, and Charles P. Segal. There also are a new essay by Laura M. Slatkin, two revised and expanded ones by Nancy Felson-Rubin and Michael N. Nagler, and three appearing in English for the first time by Uvo Hlscher, Karl Reinhardt, and Vernant. The result is a collection that juxtaposes older, often hard-to-find articles with significant newer pieces in a way that allows for a fruitful dialogue among them.About the Author
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.Dimensions (Overall): 9.34 Inches (H) x 6.08 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: .89 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 296
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Ancient & Classical
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Seth L Schein
Language: English
Street Date: December 18, 1995
TCIN: 94312725
UPC: 9780691044392
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-5551
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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