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Hardback. New. The first in-depth examination of revenge in the Odyssey, this book provides a careful analysis of the several revenge plots in the Odyssey - above all, of Odysseus' revenge on the suitors. It argues that Odysseus is an ambivalent hero and that revenge is an unstable organizing principle. ISBN 0190909676 9780190909673 [GB]
ISBN10: 0190909676, ISBN13: 9780190909673, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. The first in-depth examination of revenge in the Odyssey, this book provides a careful analysis of the several revenge plots in the Odyssey - above all, of Odysseus' revenge on the suitors. It argues that Odysseus is an ambivalent hero and that revenge is an unstable organizing principle. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 0190909676, ISBN13: 9780190909673, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190909676, ISBN13: 9780190909673, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190909676, ISBN13: 9780190909673, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2019]
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ISBN10: 0190909676, ISBN13: 9780190909673, [publisher: OUP USA 2019-02-21, New York, NY] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190909676, ISBN13: 9780190909673, [publisher: OUP USA 2019-02-21, New York, NY] Hardcover Language: ENG [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2019]
ISBN10: 0190909676, ISBN13: 9780190909673, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. This book is the first in-depth examination of revenge in the Odyssey. The principal revenge plot of the Odyssey --Odysseus' surprise return to Ithaca after twenty away and his vengeance on Penelope's suitors -- is the act for which he is most celebrated. This story forms the backbone of the Odyssey. But is Odysseus' triumph over the suitors as univocally celebratory as is often assumed? Does the poem contain and even suggest other, darkerinterpretations of Odysseus' greatest achievement?This book offers a careful analysis of several other revenge plots in the Odyssey -- those of Orestes, Poseidon, Zeus, and the suitors' relatives. It showshow these revenge stories color one another with allusions (explicit and implicit) that connect them and invite audiences to interpret them in light of one another. These stories -- especially Odysseus' revenge upon the suitors -- inevitably turn out to have multiple meanings. One plot of revenge slips into another as the offender in one story becomes a victim to be avenged in the next. As a result, Odysseus turns out to be a much more ambivalent hero than has been commonly accepted. And in theOdyssey's portrayal, revenge is an unstable foundation for a community. Revenge also ends up being a tenuous narrative structure for an epic poem, as a natural end to cycles of vengeance provesel ...
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