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Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, a biography, Alberto Manguel

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Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, a biography, Alberto Manguel
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-270) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Alberto Manguel
Sub title
a biography
Summary
"The stories of the Trojan war, of Helen of Troy - the face that launched a thousand ships, Achilles' heel, Jason and the Argonauts and Odysseus' quest are embedded stories in our culture, yet we often fail to recognise that they all spring from two sources: The Iliad and The Odyssey, and one blind poet: Homer. In this ground-breaking book Alberto Manguel explains how these epic works came into existence and how they were received, and discusses how they have managed to sustain their place at the heart of western culture over the last two thousand seven hundred years." -- Provided by publisher
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Iliad and The Odyssey
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