The Odyssey : structure, narration, and meaning / Bruce Louden.
The Odyssey : structure, narration, and meaning / Bruce Louden.
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N883.01/12
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 182 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Extended Narrative Pattern in the Odyssey -- Ch. 2. Elpenor and Leodes: Desire and Limitless Wine -- Ch. 3. Eumaios and Alkinoos: The Audience and the Odyssey -- Ch. 4. The Economy of Divine Antagonism [plazo] and the Proem -- Ch. 5. Kalypso and the Function of Book Five.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
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 rereadin...
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The Odyssey : structure, narration, and meaning / Bruce Louden.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.
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N883.01/12
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74VvE7bNL88b
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ISBN
080186058X :
080186058X (alk. paper)
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883.01
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991011616419702626
