The Return of Ulysses: a Cultural History of Homer's <i>odyssey</i> - Edith Hall - Libros - Johns Hopkins University Press - 9780801888694 - 1 de mayo de 2008
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Edith Hall
The Return of Ulysses: a Cultural History of Homer's <i>odyssey</i>

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This broadly conceived and enlightening look at how Homer?s Odyssey has resonated in the West offers a thematic analysis of the poem?s impact on social and political ideas, institutions, and mores from the ancient world through the present day.

Proving that the epic poem is timeless, Edith Hall identifies fifteen key themes in the Odyssey and uses them to illustrate the extensive and diverse effect that Homer?s work has had on all manner of inquiry, expression, and art. She traces the text?s pervasive thread of influence from the tragedies of classical Athens and the burlesque of Aristophanes to its contemporary artistic reinterpretations in literature, theatre, opera, popular music, film, and science fiction. In considering the mark of the Odyssey on the modern global world, Hall looks at how the poem affected colonialism and the frontier mentality in the American West, how it engendered contemporary attitudes toward sex, death, war, philosophy, violence, and race, and the ways in which the Odyssey forms the backbone of modern-day psychology.

Accessibly written and timely, The Return of Ulysses establishes the Odyssey as the founding text of Western Civilization and offers a major contribution to the study of Homer?s epic poem, as well as modern insight into its cultural reception and continuing imprint on society.

Medios de comunicación Libros     Hardcover Book   (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros)
Publicado 1 de mayo de 2008
ISBN13 9780801888694
Editores Johns Hopkins University Press
Páginas 304
Dimensiones 164 × 28 × 235 mm   ·   635 g
Lengua Inglés  

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