Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : a biography /: a biography. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Iliad and the Odyssey : a biography
• Further Information: Note: Alberto Manguel.
• Other Names: Manguel, Alberto
• Contents: Introduction -- 1. Summaries of the Books -- 2. A life of Homer? -- 3. Among the philosophers -- 4. Virgil -- 5. Christian Homer -- 6. Other Homers -- 7. Homer in Islam -- 8. Dante -- 9. Homer in Hell -- 10. Greek versus Latin -- 11. Ancients versus moderns -- 12. Homer as poetry -- 13. Realms of gold -- 14. Homer as idea -- 15. The eternal feminine -- 16. Homer as symbol -- 17. Homer as history -- 18. Madame Homer -- 19. Ulysses' travels -- 20. Homer through the looking glass -- 21. The never-ending war -- 22. Everyman.
• Publisher Details: London : Atlantic Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 883/.0109; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Trojan War -- Poetry; Poésie épique grecque; Guerre de Troie -- Poésie; Ulysse (Mythologie grecque); Epic poetry -- History and criticism; POETRY / Epic; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782391395; 1782391398
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.