LEADER 03560nam 22005531 450 001 9910785477303321 005 20200513105437.0 010 $a0-7556-9389-2 010 $a1-282-93188-1 010 $a9786612931888 010 $a0-85771-830-4 010 $a1-4416-8132-9 010 $a600-00-4126-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755693894 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060107 035 $a(EBL)676370 035 $a(OCoLC)710975304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC676370 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL676370 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293188 035 $a(OCoLC)1124403456 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09265931 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060107 100 $a20200605d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe return of Ulysses $ea cultural history of Homer's Odyssey /$fby Edith Hall 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78076-235-6 311 $a1-84511-575-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Part One: Generic Mutations; 1. Embarkation; 2. Turning Phrases; 3. Shape-Shifting; 4. Telling Tales; 5. Singing Songs; Part Two: World and Society; 6. Facing Frontiers; 7. Colonial Conflict; 8. Rites of Man; 9. Women's Work; 10. Class Consciousness; Part Three: Mind and Psyche; 11. Brain Power; 12. Exile From Ithaca; 13. Blood Bath; 14. Sex and Sexuality; 15. Dialogue with Death; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying one-eyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirate-king is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing East-West divides and inspiring poets and fimmakers wordwide. But why, over three thousand years, has the Odyssey's appeal proved so remarkably resilient and longlasting? Edith Hall explains the enduring fascination of Homer's epic in terms of its extraordinary susceptibility to adaptation. Not only has the story reflected a myriad of different agendas, but - from the tragedies of classical Athens to modern detective fiction, film, travelogue and opera - it has seemed perhaps uniquely fertile in generating new artistic forms. Cultural texts as diverse as Joyce's Ulysses, Suzanne Vega's Calypso, Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, the Coen Brothers' O Brother Where Art Thou?, Daniel Vigne's Le Retour de Martin Guerre and Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain all show that Odysseus is truly a versatile hero. His travels across the wine-dark Aegean are journeys not just into the mind of one of the most brilliantly creative of all the ancient Greek writers. They are as much a voyage beyond the limits of a narrative which can plausibly lay claim to being the quintessential global phenomenon."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval$2BIC 615 7$aLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval. 676 $a883/.01 700 $aHall$b Edith$f1959-$0283486 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785477303321 996 $aThe return of Ulysses$93841396 997 $aUNINA