{"product_id":"homers-iliad-and-odyssey-alberto-manguel-9780300272475","title":"Homer's Iliad and Odyssey: A Biography","description":"\u003cb\u003eA worldwide exploration of the history, purpose, and inescapable influence of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e that will inspire readers to think anew about Homer's work\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No one knows whether Homer was a real person, but there is no doubt that the epic poems assembled under his name are foundations of Western literature. The \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e--with their tales of the Trojan War, Achilles, Odysseus and Penelope, the Cyclops, the beautiful Helen of Troy, and the petulant gods--have inspired us for over two and a half millennia and influenced writers from Plato to Virgil, Pope to Joyce, and Dante to Margaret Atwood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this graceful and sweeping book, Alberto Manguel traces the lineage of Homer's poems. He examines their original purpose, either as allegory or record of history; surveys the challenges the pagan poems presented to the early Christian world; and looks at their reception after the Reformation through the present day. In this revised and expanded edition, Manguel ignites new ways of thinking about these classic works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alberto Manguel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300272472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300272475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Alberto Manguel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897862086911,"sku":"9780300272475","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d423db8-b811-472e-b3a1-a1968e3d38b0.jpg?v=1721374931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homers-iliad-and-odyssey-alberto-manguel-9780300272475","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}