Homer, Updated Edition

Homer, Updated Edition
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2009
Genre: Criticism
ISBN: 1438113099

Presents a collection of eight critical essays on the works of Homer.

Homer: The Iliad

Homer: The Iliad
Author: M. S. Silk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2004-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521539968

This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. This revised edition takes account of recent scholarship in the field and includes an updated guide to further reading. It is essential reading for students of literature and classics.

A History of the Crusades

A History of the Crusades
Author: Steven Runciman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1987-12-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521347709

Sir Steven Runciman explores the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem.

The Odyssey

The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0191646504

'Tell me, Muse, of the man of many turns, who was driven far and wide after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy' Twenty years after setting out to fight in the Trojan War, Odysseus is yet to return home to Ithaca. His household is in disarray: a horde of over 100 disorderly and arrogant suitors are vying to claim Odysseus' wife Penelope, and his young son Telemachus is powerless to stop them. Meanwhile, Odysseus is driven beyond the limits of the known world, encountering countless divine and earthly challenges. But Odysseus is 'of many wiles' and his cunning and bravery eventually lead him home, to reclaim both his family and his kingdom. The Odyssey rivals the Iliad as the greatest poem of Western culture and is perhaps the most influential text of classical literature. This elegant and compelling new translation is accompanied by a full introduction and notes that guide the reader in understanding the poem and the many different contexts in which it was performed and read.

Chasing Homer

Chasing Homer
Author: László Krasznahorkai
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0811227987

A classic escape nightmare, Chasing Homer is sped on not only by Krasznahorkai’s signature velocity, but also by a unique musical score and intense illustrations In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed—careening through Europe, heading blindly South. Faster and faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies forward, blending into crowds, adjusting to terrains, hopping on and off ferries, always desperately trying to stay a step ahead of certain death: the past did not exist, only what was current existed—a prisoner of the instant, rushing into this instant, an instant that had no continuation … Krasznahorkai—celebrated for the exhilarating energy of his prose—outdoes himself in Chasing Homer. And this unique collaboration boasts beautiful full-color paintings by Max Neumann and—reaching out of the book proper—the wildly percussive music of Szilveszter Miklós scored for each chapter (to be accessed by the reader via QR codes).

The Odyssey

The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2010-05-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1407066277

Penelope has been waiting for her husband Odysseus to return from Troy for many years. Little does she know that his path back to her has been blocked by astonishing and terrifying trials. Will he overcome the hideous monsters, beautiful witches and treacherous seas that confront him? This rich and beautiful adventure story is one of the most influential works of literature in the world.