Homer, The Odyssey /
Jasper Griffin discusses the background of the poem in oral poetry. He shows that the epic has a coherent structure built upon the interplay of themes such as travel, hospitality, loyalty, family affection, and a keen and discerning interest in women
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1987
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : 1987 Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : 1987 |
| Series: | Landmarks of world literature
Landmarks of world literature |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: The making of the Odyssey
- The background to the Odyssey
- The date of the Odyssey
- Bards and oral poetry
- The language of the Odyssey and the 'forulaic system'
- Is the Odyssey an oral poem?
- Alternative Odysseys?
- How the poem comes down to us
- Part 2: The poem
- Summary
- Translating Homer
- Shape and unity
- The epic style: grandeur and realism
- The epic style: technique and variety
- The Odyssey and the Iliad
- Myth and folklore
- Some problems
- Mens and gods
- Men and women
- Society and geography
- The values of the Odyssey
- Part 3: The Odyssey and after
- The after-life of the Odyssey
- 1 The making of the Odyssey
- 1 The background to the Odyssey 1
- 2 The date of the Odyssey 5
- 3 Bards and oral poetry 7
- 4 The language of the Odyssey and the 'formulaic system' 14
- 5 Is the Odyssey an oral poem? 23
- 6 Alternative Odysseys? 26
- 7 How the poem comes down to us 33
- 2 The poem
- 9 Translating Homer 40
- 10 Shape and unity 44
- 11 The epic style: grandeur and realism 49
- 12 The epic style: technique and variety 55
- 13 The Odyssey and the Iliad 63
- 14 Myth and folklore 70
- 15 Some problems 74
- 16 Men and gods 77
- 17 Men and women 81
- 18 Society and geography 87
- 19 The values of the Odyssey 93
- 3 The Odyssey and after
- 20 The after-life of the Odyssey 99