{"product_id":"helen-troy-laurie-maguire-9781405126359","title":"Helen Troy","description":"Helen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood is a comprehensive literary biography of Helen of Troy, which explores the ways in which her story has been told and retold in almost every century from the ancient world to the modern day. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes readers on an epic voyage into the literary representations of a woman who has wielded a great influence on Western cultural consciousness for more than three millennia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a wide and diverse variety of literary sources, including epic, drama, novels, poems, film, comedy, and opera, and works by Homer, Euripides, Chaucer, Shakespeare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an analysis of a radio play by the prize-winning author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and a Faust play by a contemporary Scottish playwright\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores themes such as narrative difficulties in portraying Helen, how legal history relates to her story, and how writers apportion blame or exculpate her\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the aesthetic and narrative difficulties that ensue when literature translates myth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Maguire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405126353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405126359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2009 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 262","brand":"Laurie Maguire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522490396927,"sku":"9781405126359","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_033df635-645b-48fa-b3d8-7fd7486f88dc.jpg?v=1700157534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/helen-troy-laurie-maguire-9781405126359","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}