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Michael Prichard (narrator) and
Alberto Manguel
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Tantor Media Inc
Publication date
January 1, 2008
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400103935
ISBN-10
1400103932
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 5.75 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$29.99
Other format details
audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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."
Editions
Hardcover
from Atlantic Monthly Pr (December 21, 2007)
9780871139764 | details & prices | 288 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $19.95
About: An insightful analysis of the two great epic poems that have served as the cornerstone of Western literature traces the history of The Iliad and The Odyssey from their earliest origins, the colorful characters and events chronicling the Trojan War and its aftermath, and their important legacy for Western culture.
About: An insightful analysis of the two great epic poems that have served as the cornerstone of Western literature traces the history of The Iliad and The Odyssey from their earliest origins, the colorful characters and events chronicling the Trojan War and its aftermath, and their important legacy for Western culture.
Paperback
from Grove Pr (March 3, 2009)
9780802143822 | details & prices | 285 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.00
CD/Spoken Word
With Michael Prichard (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Tantor Media Inc (January 8, 2008)
9781400153930 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $19.99
The price comparison is for this edition
With Michael Prichard (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (January 1, 2008)
9781400103935 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $29.99
About: 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.
About: 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.
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