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HOMER'S THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY
A BIOGRAPHY (A BOOK THAT SHOOK THE WORLD) |
| By: |
Alberto Manguel |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1843544032 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781843544036 |
| Publisher: |
ATLANTIC BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2008 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Series: |
BOOKS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
The Iliad and The Odyssey are perhaps the most influential works in the history of western literature. This exquisite analysis of their creation and influence establishes how, precisely, these two poems, written nearly three thousand years ago, have come to resonate throughout the world. |
| Synopsis: |
The stories of the Trojan war and Helen of Troy, Patroclus and Achilles, the Sirens and the Cyclops are embedded in western culture, yet readers often fail to recognise that they were made famous by two epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, and one blind poet: Homer. Alberto Manguel begins his book with the poems' inception in ancient Greece and demonstrates how these poems have reverberated subsequently through the western canon, from the Rome of Virgil and Horace to Joyce's Dublin and Derek Walcott's Caribbean, via Dante and Racine. In this lyrical and graceful short volume, Manguel delights in the original poems and celebrates their presence throughout history. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Atlantic Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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