Title:
Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : a biography / Alberto Manguel.
Author:
Manguel, Alberto.
Publication Information:
New York : Grove Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2009], c2007.
Call Number:
PA4037 .M3142 2009
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780802143822
Series:
Books that changed the world
Books that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)
Physical Description:
x, 285 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents:
Summaries of the books -- A life of Homer? -- Among the philosophers -- Virgil -- Christian Homer -- Homer in Islam -- Dante -- Homer in Hell -- Greek versus Latin -- Ancients versus Moderns -- Homer as poetry -- Realms of gold -- Homer as idea -- The eternal feminine -- Homer as symbol -- Homer as history -- Madame Homer -- Ulysses' travels -- Homer through the looking-glass -- The never-ending war -- Everyman.
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