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Books That Changed the World: Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : A Biography 9 by Alberto Manguel (2008, CD, Unabridged)

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No one knows if there was a man named Homer, but there is little doubt that the epic poems assembled under his name form the cornerstone of Western literature. The Iliad and the Odyssey-with their incomparable tales of the Trojan War, Achilles, Ulysses and Penelope, the Cyclops, the beautiful Helen of Troy, and the petulant gods-are familiar to most people because they are so pervasive. They have fed our imaginations for over two and a half millennia, inspiring everyone from Plato to Virgil, Pope to Joyce, Dante to Wolfgang Petersen. In this graceful and sweeping addition to the Books that Changed the World series, Alberto Manguel traces the lineage of these epic poems. He considers their original purpose, either as allegory or record of history; surveys the challenges the pagan poems presented to the early Christian world; and traces their spread after the Reformation. Following Homer through the greatest literature ever created, Manguel's book above all delights in the poems themselves, the "primordial spring without which there would have been no culture."

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Tantor Media, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1400103932
ISBN-13
9781400103935
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63658147

Product Key Features

Author
Alberto Manguel
Format
CD
Language
English
Publication Year
2008

Dimensions

Weight
6.7 Oz
Height
1.1in.
Width
6.4in.
Length
5.4in.

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
9
Number of Volumes
6 Vols.
Publication Date
2008-02-05
Edition Description
Unabridged
Reviews
"[Manguel's] love for his subject keeps it hypnotic, and Michael Prichard's delivery captures that emotional investment. Prichard evokes Homer's majesty as he reads the verse, and Manguel's admiration for the poet as well." ---AudioFile
Group
Trade
Copyright Date
2008
Narrated by
Michael Prichard
Dewey Decimal
883/.0109
Series
Books That Changed the WORLD
Dewey Edition
23

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