Para-Narratives in the Odyssey - Stories in the Frame

Para-Narratives in the Odyssey is the first full-length study in English of the function and significance of secondary 'para-narratives' in the poem and their relationship to its main story. Entertaining in their own right, they create illuminating parallels to their immediate context and enhance our understanding of the central narrative.

Sommario

• List of Abbreviations


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Para-Narratives of Return


• Michael Longley, 'Homecoming'


• 3: The Oresteia-Story in the Odyssey


• 4: Penelope


• Michael Longley, 'Tree-house'


• 5: Para-Narratives for Telemachus


• Michael Longley, 'Argos'


• 6: Paradigms for Odysseus


• 7: The Songs of Demodocus


• 8: The Cyclops: A Polyvalent Para-Narrative


• 9: The First Person: Para-Narratives of Trial and Pity


• Michael Longley, 'Laertes'


• Tables 1-7


• Bibliography


• Index

Info autore

Maureen Alden read Classics at the University of Liverpool, where she studied Homer and Homeric archaeology with John Pinsent, himself a pupil of H. L. Lorimer. The work of the late Ioannis Kakridis, whom she met a number of times at the Symposia on the Odyssey in Ithaca, influenced her strongly. Her teaching interests include Homer, tragedy, and ancient art, and she has published widely on Homer, Bronze Age archaeology, and also on costume, ancient and modern; the latter works include pieces on Homeric comforts for the troops in World War II and Homeric influences on the corsetry trade.

Riassunto

Para-Narratives in the Odyssey is the first full-length study in English of the function and significance of secondary 'para-narratives' in the poem and their relationship to its main story. Entertaining in their own right, they create illuminating parallels to their immediate context and enhance our understanding of the central narrative.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maureen Alden, Maureen (Independent Scholar Alden, Alden Maureen
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.04.2020
• EAN: 9780198860570
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886057-0
• Pagine: 440
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Ancient, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, POETRY / Epic, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts