Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 244 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0801430410
,
1501718304
,
9780801430411
,
9781501718304
Series Statement:
Myth and poetics
Content:
A special charm of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal of its narrative, the Odyssey is fully understood only when its style, design, and mythical patterns are taken into account as well. Bringing a new richness to readings of this epic, Segal looks closely at key forms of social and personal organization which Odysseus encounters in his voyages. Segal also considers such topics as the relationship between bard and audience, the implications of the Odyssey's self-consciousness about its own poetics, and Homer's treatment of the nature of poetry
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index
,
pt. 1. Mythical journey and the hero -- ch. 1. Introduction: the landscape of imagination -- ch. 2. Phaeacians and Odysseus' return: part 1, suspension and reintegration -- ch. 3. Phaeacians and Odysseus' return: part 2, death and renewal -- ch. 4. Transition and ritual in Odysseus' return -- ch. 5. Kleos and its ironies -- pt. 2. Poetics: singers, liars, and beggars -- ch. 6. Bard and audience in Homer -- ch. 7. Bard, hero, beggar: poetics and exchange -- ch. 8. King and the swineherd: rags, lies, and poetry -- pt. 3. Gods and prophets -- ch. 9. Teiresias in the Yukon: on folktale and epic -- ch. 10. Divine justice: Poseidon, Cyclops, and Helios.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Segal, Charles, 1936-2002 Singers, heroes, and gods in the Odyssey Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994
Language:
English
