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Book Synopsis Demystifying the Odyssey by : Zlatko Mandzuka
Download or read book Demystifying the Odyssey written by Zlatko Mandzuka and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Odyssey is considered to be the most beautiful literary work of the Western civilization, and Homer the first and the greatest poet ever. The book Demystifying the Odyssey is interpreting Homers epic in a unique and completely new way. For the first time in literature, this book explains the events and phenomena that Odysseus saw and experienced, and which were considered so far as a result of the Poets rich imagination. So, this book reveals how Odysseus went to Hades kingdom of the dead souls; what are in reality Scylla and Charybdis; who were the sirens; how the Island of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, actually floated; how Circa turned Odysseuss sailors into pigs and other. Besides that, this book also reveals the fallacy two and a half millennia long, dating back from the first historians Herodotus and Thucydides, according to which Odysseus was wandering the Mediterranean sea. It further provides numerous proofs that Homers hero was actually wandering the Adriatic. For all those readers who are familiar with the ancient Greek literature this book will be great news and quite a surprise. On the other hand, for those who have not been quite aware of the old Greek world it will provide great knowledge on the first European civilization. In any case, this will surely be an interesting reading for all of them.
Download or read book The Odyssey written by Homer and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Art of the Odyssey by : Howard W. Clarke
Download or read book The Art of the Odyssey written by Howard W. Clarke and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1967 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the artistry, special technique, and literary sophistication of Homer's "Odyssey."
Download or read book The Odyssey written by Homer and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also included is a pronunciation glossary and character index.
Book Synopsis The "Odyssey" Re-formed by : Frederick Ahl
Download or read book The "Odyssey" Re-formed written by Frederick Ahl and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Ahl and Hanna M. Roisman believe that contemporary readers who do not know ancient Greek can gain a sophisticated grasp of the Odyssey if they are aware of some of the issues that intrigue and puzzle the experts. They offer a challenging new reading of the epic that is directed to the general student of literature as well as to the classicist.Ahl and Roisman suggest that, while translators have served the Odyssey and its English-speaking readers remarkably well, the nonspecialist wishing to do a more detailed, critical reading of the epic faces a dilemma. The enormous scholarly literature makes few concessions to the nonspecialist, and those studies designed for general readers tend to offer variations on the overly simple, idealized readings of the epic common in high school and college survey courses.The Odyssey Re-Formed offers a lively and detailed reading of the Odyssey, episode by episode, with particular attention paid to the manipulative power of its language and Homer's skill in using that power. The authors explore how myth is shaped for specific, rhetorical reasons and suggest ways in which the epic uses its audience's awareness of the varied pool of mythic traditions to give the Odyssey remarkable and subtle resonances that have profound poetic power.
Download or read book The Odyssey written by Homer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-11-17 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "a seamless blend of scholarship and storytelling" ("Kirkus Reviews"), Eickhoff presents a new translation of Homer's masterpiece.
Download or read book The Odyssey of Homer written by Homer and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Last Scenes of the Odyssey by : Dorothea Wender
Download or read book The Last Scenes of the Odyssey written by Dorothea Wender and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1978 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Homer and the Odyssey by : Suzanne Saïd
Download or read book Homer and the Odyssey written by Suzanne Saïd and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction to the oral tradition which lay at the source of the Homeric epics and a discussion on the reception of the Homeric poems in Antiquity, this volume explores the mysterious figure of Homer, an author about whom little is known. Ruth Webb's translation is a revised and much expanded version of the original French text.
Book Synopsis The Unity of the Odyssey by : George Dimock
Download or read book The Unity of the Odyssey written by George Dimock and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich interpretation of Homer's "Odyssey" is unique among modern readings of the poem in its detailed book-by-book approach and in its deeply humanistic voice. According to George E. Dimock, what gives the "Odyssey" its unity is Homer's overarching theme of the meaning of pain and suffering in human life. In Dimock's reading, Homer presents Odysseus -- whose name translates as "Man of Pain" as the greatest sufferer of pain and evil. But it is precisely because Odysseus accepts this challenge that he eventually wins a happiness which would have been unattainable without such testing. His suffering is not only crucial to his coming home and the establishment of his identity, but also allows him to experience what home and self mean with an intensity that would have been otherwise impossible. -- From publisher's description.
Download or read book The Odyssey of Homer written by Homer and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Twentieth Century Interpretations of the Odyssey by : Howard W. Clarke
Download or read book Twentieth Century Interpretations of the Odyssey written by Howard W. Clarke and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1983 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays discuss Homer's epic poem, examines its motifs, setting, and characters, and offers an assessment of its place in literature.
Download or read book Out of the Gobi written by Weijian Shan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Janet Yellen Weijian Shan's Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese view life in America. Shan, a former hard laborer who is now one of Asia's best-known financiers, is thoughtful, observant, eloquent, and brutally honest, making him well-positioned to tell the story of a life that is a microcosm of modern China, and of how, improbably, that life became intertwined with America. Out of the Gobi draws a vivid picture of the raw human energy and the will to succeed against all odds. Shan only finished elementary school when Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution tore his country apart. He was a witness to the brutality and absurdity of Mao’s policies during one of the most tumultuous eras in China’s history. Exiled to the Gobi Desert at age 15 and denied schooling for 10 years, he endured untold hardships without ever giving up his dream for an education. Shan’s improbable journey, from the Gobi to the “People’s Republic of Berkeley” and far beyond, is a uniquely American success story – told with a splash of humor, deep insight and rich and engaging detail. This powerful and personal perspective on China and America will inform Americans' view of China, humanizing the country, while providing a rare view of America from the prism of a keen foreign observer who lived the American dream. Says former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen: “Shan’s life provides a demonstration of what is possible when China and the United States come together, even by happenstance. It is not only Shan’s personal history that makes this book so interesting but also how the stories of China and America merge in just one moment in time to create an inspired individual so unique and driven, and so representative of the true sprits of both countries.”
Download or read book The Odyssey written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the characters, plot and writing of the Odyssey by Homer. Includes critical essays on the poem and a brief biography of the author.
Download or read book The Odyssey written by Bruce Louden and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based upon his close reading of the epic's structure, Louden offers new interpretations of the poem, exploring the role of divine hostility in the narrative and locating the Odyssey within a mythic subgenre in which a deity's anger at the impiety of humanity results in the survival of a single just man out of an entire community. This bold rereading of the Homeric epicthe first attempt in years to map in detail the poem's overall structure - considerably enriches our understanding of the Odyssey's design and meaning.
Book Synopsis A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey by : Irene J. F. de Jong
Download or read book A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey written by Irene J. F. de Jong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-22 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive commentaries on the Homeric texts abound, but this commentary concentrates on one major aspect of the Odyssey--its narrative art. The role of narrator and narratees, methods of characterization and scenery description, and the development of the plot are discussed. The study aims to enhance our understanding of this masterpiece of European literature. All Greek references are translated and technical terms are explained in a glossary. It is directed at students and scholars of Greek literature and comparative literature.
Download or read book The Odyssey written by Homer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation of Homer's work of "one-eyed man-eating giants; irresistibly seductive sirens; shipwrecks and narrow escapes; princesses and monsters; ghosts sipping blood at the Underworld's portal, desperate for a chance to speak to the living; and the final destruction of all of Odysseus's enemies in the banquet hall"--Dust jacket flap.
