01744nam a2200301 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002000131100002400151245008100175264003300256300001400289336002600303337002800329338002700357520090500384650002001289650001401309650001601323650001201339650003101351650001001382650005001392439333InACL20261004135646.0261004s2008    xxk               0 eng d  a9781845115753  a1845115759  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a883.01bHAL2231 aHall, Editheauthor14aThe return of Ulysses :ba cultural history of Homer's Odyssey /cEdith Hall 1aLondon :bI.B. Tauris,c2008  a296 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"Edith Hall explains the enduring fascination of Homer's epic in terms of its extraordinary susceptibility to adaptation. Not only has the narrative reflected a myriad of intellectual and aesthetic agendas, but it has seemed perhaps uniquely fertile in generating new kinds of artistic media. Art forms created in direct response to the Odyssey include the tragedies of classical Athens and the burlesque of Aristophanes, as well as more recent genres such as travelogue, science fiction, the novel, opera, film, children's books and detective stories. The author explores fifteen key themes in the Odyssey which illuminate the innumerable ways it has impacted on the cultural imagination. Cultural texts as diverse as Joyce's Ulysses, Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, Suzanne Vega's Calypso, the Coen Brothers' O Brother Where Art Thou?, Daniel Vigne's Le Retour de Martin Guerre, Jon Ami 0aOdyssey (Homer) 0aRezeption 0aAdaptations 0aOdyssea 0aOdysseus (Greek mythology) 0aHomer 0aLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval