The Return of Ulysses by Edith Hall - 9781780762357
Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying oneeyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirateking is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing EastWest divides and inspiring poets and fimmakers wordwide. But why, over three thousand years, has the Odysseys appeal proved so remarkably resilient and longlasting? Edith Hall explains the enduring fascination of Homers epic in terms of its extraordinary susceptibility to adaptation. Not only has the story reflected a myriad of different agendas, but from the tragedies of classical Athens to modern detective fiction, film, travelogue and opera it has seemed perhaps uniquely fertile in generating new artistic forms. Cultural texts as diverse as Joyces Ulysses, Suzanne Vegas Calypso, Monteverdis Il Ritorno dUlisse in Patria, the Coen Brothers O Brother Where Art Thou?,Daniel Vignes Le Retour de Martin Guerre and Anthony Minghellas Cold Mountain all show that Odysseus is truly a versatile hero. His travels across the winedark Aegean are journeys not just into the mind of one of the most brilliantly creative of all the ancient Greek writers. They are as much a voyage beyond the limits of a narrative which can plausibly lay claim to being the quintessential global phenomenon. | Edith Hall The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
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Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying oneeyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirateking is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing EastWest divides and inspiring poets and fimmakers wordwide. But why, over three thousand years, has the Odysseys appeal proved so remarkably resilient and longlasting? Edith Hall explains the enduring fascination of Homers epic in terms of its extraordinary susceptibility to adaptation. Not only has the story reflected a myriad of different agendas, but from the tragedies of classical Athens to modern detective fiction, film, travelogue and opera it has seemed perhaps uniquely fertile in generating new artistic forms. Cultural texts as diverse as Joyces Ulysses, Suzanne Vegas Calypso, Monteverdis Il Ritorno dUlisse in Patria, the Coen Brothers O Brother Where Art Thou?,Daniel Vignes Le Retour de Martin Guerre and Anthony Minghellas Cold Mountain all show that Odysseus is truly a versatile hero. His travels across the winedark Aegean are journeys not just into the mind of one of the most brilliantly creative of all the ancient Greek writers. They are as much a voyage beyond the limits of a narrative which can plausibly lay claim to being the quintessential global phenomenon. | Edith Hall The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
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Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying oneeyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirateking is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing EastWest divides and inspiring poets and fimmakers wordwide. But why, over three thousand years, has the Odysseys appeal proved so remarkably resilient and longlasting? Edith Hall explains the enduring fascination of Homers epic in terms of its extraordinary susceptibility to adaptation. Not only has the story reflected a myriad of different agendas, but from the tragedies of classical Athens to modern detective fiction, film, travelogue and opera it has seemed perhaps uniquely fertile in generating new artistic forms. Cultural texts as diverse as Joyces Ulysses, Suzanne Vegas Calypso, Monteverdis Il Ritorno dUlisse in Patria, the Coen Brothers O Brother Where Art Thou?,Daniel Vignes Le Retour de Martin Guerre and Anthony Minghellas Cold Mountain all show that Odysseus is truly a versatile hero. His travels across the winedark Aegean are journeys not just into the mind of one of the most brilliantly creative of all the ancient Greek writers. They are as much a voyage beyond the limits of a narrative which can plausibly lay claim to being the quintessential global phenomenon. | Edith Hall The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
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