Laestrygonians
Laestrygonians

Author: Don Nigro

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780573628825

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Silent film starlet Mary Margaret is alone in her Hollywood bungalow, about to kill herself. A former Shakespearean stage actor, now a drunken silent movie leading man with a bad reputation, calls on her and tries to convince her to face life. In the course of their hilarious conflict, images of the actor's past emerge. His efforts to help Mary Margaret live force him to deal with his own demons and find a way to cope with the terrible secret that eats away at him like the cannibal Laestrygonians in Homer's Odyssey. Funny and rich in character and language, this powerful and unusual love story, part of the Pendragon series of plays, is rich with great audition monologues and scenes. Don Nigro's followers will recognize some of the characters from Chronicles, Anima Mundi, Beast with Two Backs, Autumn Leaves and Dramatis Personae--all plays from his series Pendragon Plays

The Odyssey
The Odyssey

Author: Homer

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2001-11-17

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 0312866690

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In "a seamless blend of scholarship and storytelling" ("Kirkus Reviews"), Eickhoff presents a new translation of Homer's masterpiece.

The Epic Structure of Space 1999
The Epic Structure of Space 1999

Author: John K. Balor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-02-18

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13: 1387360086

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This book contains transcripts from Online Alpha discussions where the epic and narrative structure of SPACE 1999 is being discussed by comparing episodes with themes, characters and elements of plot from the Homeric Odyssey and Lewis Carroll's stories about Alice. The discussion is motivated by questions raised in the scholarly literature and earlier Online Alpha debates about how to make sense of SPACE 1999 from the viewpoint of critical theory. The book has been developed on an idealistic basis. It is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.

A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey
A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey

Author: Irene J. F. de Jong

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-11-22

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 9780521464789

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Comprehensive commentaries on the Homeric texts abound, but this commentary concentrates on one major aspect of the Odyssey--its narrative art. The role of narrator and narratees, methods of characterization and scenery description, and the development of the plot are discussed. The study aims to enhance our understanding of this masterpiece of European literature. All Greek references are translated and technical terms are explained in a glossary. It is directed at students and scholars of Greek literature and comparative literature.

The Raft of Odysseus
The Raft of Odysseus

Author: Carol Dougherty

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0195130367

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The Raft of Odysseus looks at the fascinating intersection of traditional myth with an enthnographically-viewed Homeric world. Carol Dougherty argues that the resourcefulness of Odysseus as an adventurer on perilous seas served as an example to Homer's society which also had to adjust in inventive ways to turbulent conditions. The fantastic adventures of Odysseus act as a prism for the experiences of Homer's own listeners--traders, seafarers, storytellers, soldiers--and give us a glimpse into their own world of hopes and fears, 500 years after the Iliadic events were supposed to have happened.

Homer: Odyssey Books XIX and XX
Homer: Odyssey Books XIX and XX

Author: Homer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-04-30

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780521347600

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A general survey of the Odyssey, together with comment on the action, characterisation and style of books XIX and XX.

A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey
A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey

Author: Alfred Heubeck

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780198721444

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This three volume commentary also includes an introduction discussing previous research on the Odyssey, its relation to the Iliad, the epic dialect, and the transmission of the text.

Classical Mythology & More
Classical Mythology & More

Author: Marianthe Colakis

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

Published:

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1610411404

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Designed as an introduction to classical mythology for middle and high-school students, presents retellings of favorite myths, sidebar summaries, and review exercises with the answers at the back of the book.

Fugitives of Chaos
Fugitives of Chaos

Author: John C. Wright

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-06-26

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780765353870

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John C. Wright established himself at the forefront of contemporary fantasy with Orphans of Chaos, which launched a new epic adventure. Wright's new fantasy, continuing in Fugitives of Chaos, is about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who begin to discover that they may not be human beings. The students at the school do not age, while the world around them does. The orphans have been kidnapped from their true parents, robbed of their powers, and raised in ignorance by super-beings: pagan gods, fairy-queens, Cyclopes, sea-monsters, witches, or things even stranger. Amelia is apparently a fourth-dimensional being; Victor is a synthetic man who can control the molecular arrangement of matter around him; Vanity can find secret passageways through solid walls; Colin is psychic; Quentin is a warlock. Each power comes from a different paradigm or view of the inexplicable universe, and they should not be able to co-exist under the same laws of nature. They must learn to control their strange abilities in order to escape their captors. Something very important must be at stake in their imprisonment.