{"product_id":"reading-the-odyssey-seth-l-schein-9780691044392","title":"Reading the Odyssey: Selected Interpretive Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging collection makes available to specialists and nonspecialists alike important critical work on the Odyssey produced during the last half century. The ten essays address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institutions and values; its transformation of folktales and traditional stories into epic adventures; its representation of gender roles and, in particular, of Penelope; its narrative strategies and form; and its relation to the Iliad, especially to that epic's distinctive conception of heroism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the introduction, Seth L. Schein describes the poetic background to the work and suggests a variety of interpretive approaches, some of which are developed in the essays that follow. These essays include previously published work by Jean-Pierre Vernant, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Pietro Pucci, and Charles P. Segal. There also are a new essay by Laura M. Slatkin, two revised and expanded ones by Nancy Felson-Rubin and Michael N. Nagler, and three appearing in English for the first time by Uvo Hlscher, Karl Reinhardt, and Vernant. The result is a collection that juxtaposes older, often hard-to-find articles with significant newer pieces in a way that allows for a fruitful dialogue among them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seth L. Schein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691044392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691044392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.08w x 0.74d","brand":"Seth L. Schein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925603123455,"sku":"9780691044392","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7b7cd1a3-33ad-452f-bbcb-563cb6028f79.jpg?v=1681078250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-odyssey-seth-l-schein-9780691044392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}