The Unity Of The Odyssey

Author : George Dimock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unity of the Odyssey written by George Dimock and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich interpretation of Homer's "Odyssey" is unique among modern readings of the poem in its detailed book-by-book approach and in its deeply humanistic voice. According to George E. Dimock, what gives the "Odyssey" its unity is Homer's overarching theme of the meaning of pain and suffering in human life. In Dimock's reading, Homer presents Odysseus -- whose name translates as "Man of Pain" as the greatest sufferer of pain and evil. But it is precisely because Odysseus accepts this challenge that he eventually wins a happiness which would have been unattainable without such testing. His suffering is not only crucial to his coming home and the establishment of his identity, but also allows him to experience what home and self mean with an intensity that would have been otherwise impossible. -- From publisher's description.

Author : Suzanne Saïd
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199542848
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homer and the Odyssey written by Suzanne Saïd and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction to the oral tradition which lay at the source of the Homeric epics and a discussion on the reception of the Homeric poems in Antiquity, this volume explores the mysterious figure of Homer, an author about whom little is known. Ruth Webb's translation is a revised and much expanded version of the original French text.

Author : Mortimer J. Adler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439144834
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read a Book written by Mortimer J. Adler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material. A CNN Book of the Week: “Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done.” –Farheed Zakaria Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them—from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading. Readers will learn when and how to “judge a book by its cover,” and also how to X-ray it, read critically, and extract the author’s message from the text. Also included is instruction in the different techniques that work best for reading particular genres, such as practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science works. Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests you can use measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension, and speed.

Author : George Dimock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unity of the Odyssey written by George Dimock and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich interpretation of Homer's "Odyssey" is unique among modern readings of the poem in its detailed book-by-book approach and in its deeply humanistic voice. According to George E. Dimock, what gives the "Odyssey" its unity is Homer's overarching theme of the meaning of pain and suffering in human life. In Dimock's reading, Homer presents Odysseus -- whose name translates as "Man of Pain" as the greatest sufferer of pain and evil. But it is precisely because Odysseus accepts this challenge that he eventually wins a happiness which would have been unattainable without such testing. His suffering is not only crucial to his coming home and the establishment of his identity, but also allows him to experience what home and self mean with an intensity that would have been otherwise impossible. -- From publisher's description.

Author : Jinyo Kim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847686216
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pity of Achilles written by Jinyo Kim and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Pity of Achilleus, Jinyo Kim examines how the major themes of the Iliad--Achilleus' 'wrath, ' heroic values such as honor and glory, and human mortality and suffering, to mention the most widely recognized--are connected to each other in a way that reveals the poem's structural coherence and unity. Kim asks whether Achilleus' pity toward Priam at the poem's close is, as is widely believed, a poetic deus ex machina. In other words, is the conception of Achilleus' pity an expression of a 'later' and 'more civilized' era, as a way of 'correcting' the warlike savagery that is an undeniable and significant part of the poem? She concludes, rather, that Achilleus' final reconciliation with the old king of Troy-- his 'enemy' according to the warrior ethos in the Iliad-- represents the integral and ultimate resolution of the theme of Achilleus' 'wrath' that is announced in the poem's opening lines. This book will be valuable for students and scholars of classical literature and classical civilization.

Author : Homerus
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pope's Homer. The Odyssey written by Homerus and published by . This book was released on 1779 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Homer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Odyssey ... Translated by A. Pope written by Homer and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Homer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.AW/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Odyssey of Homer written by Homer and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Huston Finley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homer's Odyssey written by John Huston Finley and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the long-awaited work on Homer's Odyssey by one of our foremost teachers and scholars of the classics--John H. Finley, Jr. Already, generations of students at Harvard have benefited from his knowledge and understanding of Homer's words and world. Now his thoughts on the Odyssey are woven together in this remarkable volume. Finley begins by arguing the unity of design in the Odyssey, and shows the connection between the actions of three main characters: Telemachus' maturity brings Penelope to her long-delayed decision for remarriage, which, by producing the bow as marriage-test, gives the unknown Odysseus his means of success against the suitors. Finley also suggests that the poem is a kind of half-divine comedy. About an older man's glad return, it contrasts to the Iliad's story of young man's death far from home. It is a comedy to the Iliad's tragedy and, like Shakespeare's Tempest, it brings the absent king to knowledge which, though initially unwelcome, proves his and others' happiness. Throughout his book, Finley applies a lifetime's learning to a work that is universally recognized as one of the highest achievements of our civilization. At a time when Homer is in danger of being swallowed by specialists, it is important to recognize and uphold the poet's basic concern for life and myth and legend. Such sympathy combined with knowledge is Finley's fine achievement.

Author : Denton Jaques Snider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homer's Odyssey written by Denton Jaques Snider and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: