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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Date of Publication 7 July 2011
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9780748641093
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages160 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 248 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature, which brings it alive for today's students and gives them the tools to appreciate and explore the work themselves.
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A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literatureHenry Power provides an overview of the whole poem, key extracts from the text and detailed commentary of crucial moments in the poem. Readers are encouraged to consider both the oral origins and the rich literary reception of this early epic whilst responding to core themes within it. Key Features* Aimed at new readers coming to the poem for the first time and those teaching it at universities alike* Includes innovative teaching strategies for engaging students with the poem
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Acknowledgements Note on the textSeries Editors' Preface1. Mapping and Making The Odyssey as an Epic Poem The Odyssey and the Iliad The Metre Setting Summary 2. Introduction: Four ways of approaching the poem 3. Selections from the Odyssey Book I: Telemachos and Athene Book VI: Odysseus and Nausikaa Book IX: Odysseus as Storyteller: Polyphemos Book XIII: Return to Ithaka Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope 4. Contexts for Reading Oral Poetry and the Homeric Question Some Views of Homer The Odyssey in English Translation Literary Responses The Odyssey and Epic Poetry The Odyssey and the Novel 5. Teaching the Text 6. Suggested Further Reading References Index
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