Zeus in the Odyssey. - MARKS, J.,
KORTE INHOUD
'This book makes the case that the plot of the Odyssey is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boulê, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. Through occasional participation in events and pervasive influence, the character of Zeus maintains thematic unity as the narrative moves through a mass of potential narrative paths for Odysseus that was already dense and conflicting at the time the Odyssey was taking shape. The 'Zeus-centric' reading proposed here offers fresh perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the Odyssey?s characters, on the relationships among traditional accounts of Odysseus? return, and on long-standing problems of interpretation. (Publisher's information). This book is the result of an attempt to read the Odyssey simultaneously as a literary artifact and a political instrument. Its author, Jim Marks, tries to show that Zeus, in the hands of the singer, is the character responsible for giving narrative unity to the poem...
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2008Uitgever: Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University Press)175 paginasISBN-10: 0674028120ISBN-13: 9780674028128Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Harvard / Cambridge University: Washinton / London, 2008. Paperback 175 pp. Hellenic studies 31. Bibliography, Appendix 1, 2, index, index locorum. 22.2x14x1.2 cm. Fine. [Categorie: Geschiedenis] [Auteur: Marks, J.] [Pagina's: 175] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: Zeus in the Odyssey.]
Cambridge (Mass.) / London, 2008. 175p. Paperback. Series: Hellenic Studies, 31. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: MARKS, J.,] [Uitgever: Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University Press)] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: Zeus in the Odyssey.]
