The unknown Odysseus : alternate worlds in Homer's Odyssey /

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"The Unknown Odysseus is a study of how Homer creates two versions of his hero, one who is the triumphant protagonist of the revenge plot and another, more subversive, anonymous figure whose various personae exemplify an entirely different set of assumptions about the world through which each h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van Nortwick, Thomas, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Homer. > Odyssey.
Odysseus, > King of Ithaca (Mythological character) > In literature.
Odysseus, > King of Ithaca (Mythological character)
Homerus > ca. v8. Jh. > Odyssea
Odysseus > Fiktive Gestalt
Odysseus.
Odyssey (Homer)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Literature
dualité > héros > image > Homère. "Odyssée" > Ulysse.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The making of Odysseus : The hero emerges ; Odysseus at work
  • The unmaking of Odysseus : Subversive anonymity ; Constructed lives
  • The ward of Hermes : Odysseus as trickster
  • Sleepers awake : the return of the beggar.

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