| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : why read Homer? / Kostas Myrsiades -- Homer as history : Greeks and others in a dark age / Shawn Ross -- Geras and guest gifts in Homer / Rick M. Newton -- Homer's Odyssey, Books 19 and 23 : early recognition, a solution to the enigmas of ivory and horns, and the test of the bed / John B. Vlahos -- Conversation in the Odyssey / Scott Richardson -- The end of speeches and a speech's end : Nestor, Diomedes, and the telos muthôn / Joel Christensen -- Achilles' heel : the historicism of the film Troy / Jonathan S. Burgess -- Redefining Homeric heroism in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy / Charles C. Chiasson -- The Odyssey and Frank Capra's It's a wonderful life / Bruce Louden -- Reading The gunfighter as Homeric epic / Kostas Myrsiades |
| Summary |
These nine new essays on Homer's epics deal not only with major Homeric themes of time (honor), kleos (fame), geras (rewards), the psychology of Homeric warriors, and the re-evaluation of type scenes, but also with Homer's influence on contemporary film. Following the introduction and an essay which sets the historical background for the epics, four essays are devoted to fresh analysis of key passages and themes while another four turn to a discussion of the film Troy and Homer's influence on two other genres of American cinema |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
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Homer -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Homer fast |
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Forchenbrunn, Herwerd von gnd |
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Homerus -- Rezeption -- Geschichte 20. Jh. idsbb |
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Homer. idszbz |
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Homère -- études diverses. rero |
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Homeros, 700-talet f. Kr -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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Homeros, 700-talet f. Kr -- influenser. sao |
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Homerus. swd |
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Troy (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004072960
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Troy (Motion picture) fast |
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Mythology in motion pictures.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Mythology in motion pictures
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Mythos Motiv
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Rezeption
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Film
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Rezeption.
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Film.
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adaptation cinématographique -- Homère. "Iliade" -- études diverses.
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cinéma américain (Etats-Unis) -- Homère -- études diverses.
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Antik mytologi i filmen.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Myrsiades, Kostas.
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| LC no. |
2009001421 |
| ISBN |
0838643345 |
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9780838643341 |
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