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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Maureen Alden (Independent scholar, Independent scholar, based in the UK)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.822kg ISBN: 9780199291069ISBN 10: 0199291063 Pages: 438 Publication Date: 21 September 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsFrontmatter 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 Tables 1-7 Endmatter Bibliography IndexReviewsSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * P. Nieto, CHOICE * Alden's writing is consistently clear, brisk, and lively: there is no jargon, no great tangled nightmare sentences of fifteen sub-clauses in a heap. There are nice flickers of humour-I particularly enjoyed her dry observation that 'eating your guests is an extreme way of detaining them' (p. 38). The book is a pleasure to read; even the passages of plot synopsis zip along. * Matt Hosty, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * P. Nieto, CHOICE * Author InformationMaureen 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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