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Homer´s ´Odyssey´: A Reading Guide
Henry Power
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Description for Homer´s ´Odyssey´: A Reading Guide
Paperback. A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature, which brings it alive for today's students and gives them the tools to appreciate and explore the work themselves. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature Henry Power provides an overview of the whole poem, key extracts from the text and detailed commentary of crucial moments in the poem. Readers are encouraged to consider both the oral origins and the rich literary reception of this early epic whilst responding to core themes within it. Key Features * Aimed at new readers coming to the poem for the first time and those teaching it at universities alike * Includes innovative teaching strategies for engaging students with the poem
A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature Henry Power provides an overview of the whole poem, key extracts from the text and detailed commentary of crucial moments in the poem. Readers are encouraged to consider both the oral origins and the rich literary reception of this early epic whilst responding to core themes within it. Key Features * Aimed at new readers coming to the poem for the first time and those teaching it at universities alike * Includes innovative teaching strategies for engaging students with the poem
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Reading Guides to Long Poems
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748641093
SKU
V9780748641093
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99-5
About Henry Power
Dr Henry Power is Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter. He completed his PhD in English at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge on 'Tom Jones, Appetite, and the Epic Tradition' in 2005. He has published scholarly articles in Translation and Literature, the Review of English Studies and the Cambridge Quarterly.
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