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The unknown Odysseus : alternate worlds in Homer's "Odyssey" by Thomas Van Nortwick is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><i>The Unknown Odysseus</i> is a study of how Homer creates two versions of his hero, one who is the triumphant protagonist of the revenge plot and another, more subversive, anonymous figure whose various personae exemplify an entirely different set of assumptions about the world through which each hero moves and about the shape and meaning of human life. Separating the two perspectives allows us to see more clearly how the poem's dual focus can begin to explain some of the notorious difficul
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thomas Van Nortwick
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780472116737
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Poetry
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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