Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : a biography / Alberto Manguel.
Manguel, Alberto.
2007
PA4037 .M318 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : a biography / Alberto Manguel.
Author
Manguel, Alberto.
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
9780871139764
0871139766
Publication Details
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
x, 285 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PA4037 .M318 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
883/.0109
Summary
Examines "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" from their origins, the colorful characters and events chronicling the Trojan War and its aftermath, and their legacy for Western culture.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Books that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)
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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.

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