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Book SynopsisA fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature, which brings it alive for today's students and gives them the tools to appreciate and explore the work themselves.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on the text Series Editors' Preface 1. Mapping and Making The Odyssey as an Epic Poem The Odyssey and the Iliad The Metre Setting Summary 2. Introduction: Four ways of approaching the poem 3. Selections from the Odyssey Book I: Telemachos and Athene Book VI: Odysseus and Nausikaa Book IX: Odysseus as Storyteller: Polyphemos Book XIII: Return to Ithaka Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope 4. Contexts for Reading Oral Poetry and the Homeric Question Some Views of Homer The Odyssey in English Translation Literary Responses The Odyssey and Epic Poetry The Odyssey and the Novel 5. Teaching the Text 6. Suggested Further Reading References Index
