The a cultural history of Homer's Odyssey Hall, Edith creator author text xxk 2008 monographic eng

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296 pages "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 Edith Hall Odyssey (Homer) Rezeption Adaptations Odyssea Odysseus (Greek mythology) Homer Literary studies: classical, early & medieval 883.01 HAL 9781845115753 1845115759 InACL 261004 20261004135646.0 439333 eng