Reading the Odyssey: Selected Interpretive Essays
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Reading the Odyssey: Selected Interpretive Essays
By (Author) Seth L. Schein
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
26th February 1996
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
883.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
296
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
397g
Description
This collection makes available critical work on the "Odyssey" produced since the 1940s. The ten essays address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; its representation of gender roles and, in particular, of Penelope; its narrative strategies and form; and its relation to the "Iliad", especially to that epic's distinctive conception of heroism.
Author Bio
Seth L. Schein is Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics at the University of California, Davis. His books include The Mortal Hero: An Introduction to Homer's "Iliad" and The Iambic Trimeter in Aeschylus and Sophocles: A Study in Metrical Form.
