{"product_id":"reading-homers-odyssey-9781684481361","title":"Reading Homer's Odyssey","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2020 PROSE Awards, Classics section\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e is the first great travel narrative in Western culture. A compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transformation, and the search for home, the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be studied in universities and schools, and to be read and referred to by ordinary readers. \u003ci\u003eReading Homer's Odyssey \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a book-by-book commentary on the epic's themes that informs the non-specialist and engages the seasoned reader in new perspectives. Among the themes discussed are hospitality, survival, wealth, reputation and immortality, the Olympian gods, self-reliance and community, civility, behavior, etiquette and technology, ease, inactivity and stagnation, Penelope's relationship with Odysseus, Telemachus' journey, Odysseus' rejection of Calypso's offer of immortality, Odysseus' lies, Homer's use of the House of Atreus and other myths, the cinematic qualities of the epic's structure, women's role in the epic, and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e's true ending. Footnotes clarify and elaborate upon myths that Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume concludes with a general bibliography of work on the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to the bibliographies that accompany each book's commentary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bucknell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684481361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kostas Myrsiades","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36666015154332,"sku":"9781684481361","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_21dbd551-0f17-4efc-88ce-0657cbbd6e28.jpg?v=1603911040","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/reading-homers-odyssey-9781684481361","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}