Helen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood - Brossura

Maguire, Laurie

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ISBN 10: 1405126353 ISBN 13: 9781405126359

Casa editrice: WB, 2009

Riassunto

Helen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood is a comprehensive literary biography of Helen of Troy, which explores the ways in which her story has been told and retold in almost every century from the ancient world to the modern day.

• Takes readers on an epic voyage into the literary representations of a woman who has wielded a great influence on Western cultural consciousness for more than three millennia
• Features a wide and diverse variety of literary sources, including epic, drama, novels, poems, film, comedy, and opera, and works by Homer, Euripides, Chaucer, Shakespeare
• Includes an analysis of a radio play by the prize-winning author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and a Faust play by a contemporary Scottish playwright
• Explores themes such as narrative difficulties in portraying Helen, how legal history relates to her story, and how writers apportion blame or exculpate her
• Considers the aesthetic and narrative difficulties that ensue when literature translates myth

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Recensione:

"Overall, Maguire′s book is a remarkably broad literary study of the complex and recurring figure of Helen of Troy. Her work is both comprehensive and detailed, covering a huge body of material both ancient and modern." (International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 2011)

"In conclusion, this an important work, especially praiseworthy for its wide–ranging critical perspectives and admirable depth of information, and above all for its all–round literary explorations. It is also a very enjoyable read." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 25 March 2011)

"It is an important work in the broad area of Classical Reception and it is aimed at both specialists and the general reader; and it is quite remarkable for the vast variety of information, sources and genres surveyed and for the wealth of secondary literature and critical approaches deployed." (Bmcreview, 7 March 2011)

"Maguire′s book is an unusually effective study of something often invoked in an airy sort of way but difficult to represent concretely and cogently: literature and related arts as an ongoing and continuously motivated enterprise, sometimes almost collective in its workings across great stretches of time." (Translation & Literature, 2010)"M.′s survey is impressively broad in scope ... .An impressive achievement." (The Classical Journal, February 2010)

"Erudite and entertaining ... .We are certainly better equipped to understand the phenomenon of such a mysterious narrative lacuna by the end of Maguire′s inspirational book." (The Times Literary Supplement, November 2009)

Combining wit, learning, and insight, Maguire offers delightful reading both for the specialist and for the serious general reader." (Library Journal, May 2009)

L'autore:

Laurie Maguire is Professor of English at Oxford University and has authored or edited six previous books, including Studying Shakespeare and the popular Where There's a Will There's a Way. She has lectured widely at literary festivals in the U.S. and U.K.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: WB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1405126353
• ISBN 13: 9781405126359
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 280