This volume assembles sixteen authoritative articles on Homer's Odyssey that have appeared over the last thirty years. A wide variety of interpretative strategies are represented, including, in addition to traditional close readings, the approaches of comparative anthropology, narratology, feminism, and audience-oriented criticism. Papers have been selected for their clarity and accessibility, and each is informed by close attention to philological and textual detail. A full glossary and list of abbreviations have been included, and a specially written introduction puts the selections in a wider context by giving an overview of major strands in the interpretation of Homer in the second half of the twentieth century.
| ISBN: | 9780199233328 |
| Publication date: | 22nd January 2009 |
| Author: | Lillian Eileen Doherty |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Readings in Classical Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: poetry and poets |