Understanding the Odyssey : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historic documents

Claudia Durst Johnson and Vernon Johnson

For thousands of years, "The Odyssey" has resonated throughout the Western world. Homer has been an original source of inspiration to writers, painters, sculptors, and filmmakers, as well as a vital source of information about the mythology, history, and culture of ancient Greece. This casebook uniquely blends commentary and primary documents, situating the epic within historical contexts that are important for students to understand. The literary analysis chapter is ideal for readers coming to "The Odyssey" for the first time, introducing the work with a chronology of events and identification of major characters and themes. Topical chapters carefully consider matters of mythology, geography, archeology, and class issues pertinent to "The Odyssey." Excerpts from classical and scholarly sources, including Herodotus, Plato, Thucydides, and Bulfinch, help students understand the historical framework, and materials from government documents and newspaper accounts help students make connections between"The Odyssey's" thematic ideas and current events, such as the September 11th attacks and the ongoing conflict in Ireland.

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書名 Understanding the Odyssey : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historic documents
著作者等 Johnson, Claudia D.
Johnson, Vernon E.
Johnson
シリーズ名 The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series
出版元 Greenwood Press
刊行年月 2003
ページ数 xvii, 224 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0313308810
NCID BA64219114
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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