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015 |a GBB7D5338 |2 bnb
020 |a 9780199291069 (hbk.) : |c £80.00
035 |a (Uk)018458317
035 |a (UkLoRLUK)99018458317
040 |a StDuBDS |b eng |e rda |c StDuBDS |d UkOxU |d Blegen
0410 |a eng
050 4 |a PA4167.A2 |b A43 2017
08204 |a 883.01 |2 23
1001 |a Alden, Maureen Joan |e author
24510 |a Para-narratives in the Odyssey : |b stories in the frame / |c Maureen Alden.
260 |a Oxford : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2017.
300 |a xii, 424 pages ; |c 24 cm.
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index
5050 |a Para-Narratives of Return -- Michael Longley, ’Homecoming’ -- The Oresteia-Story in the Odyssey – Penelope -- Michael Longley, ’Tree-house’ -- Para-Narratives for Telemachus -- Michael Longley, ’Argos’ -- Paradigms for Odysseus -- The Songs of Demodocus -- The Cyclops: A Polyvalent Para-Narrative -- The First Person: Para-Narratives of Trial and Pity -- Michael Longley, ’Laertes.’
520 |a Readers coming to the ’Odyssey’ for the first time are often dazzled and bewildered by the wealth of material it contains which is seemingly unrelated to the central story: the main plot of Odysseus’ return to Ithaca is complicated by myriad secondary narratives related by the poet and his characters, including Odysseus’ own fantastic tales of Lotus Eaters, Sirens, and cannibal giants. Although these "para-narratives" are a source of pleasure and entertainment in their own right, each also has a special relevance to its immediate context, elucidating Odysseus’ predicament and also subtly influencing and guiding the audience’s reception of the main story. By exploring variations on the basic story-shape, drawing on familiar tales, anecdotes, and mythology, or inserting analogous situations, they create illuminating parallels to the main narrative and prompt specific responses in readers or listeners. This is the case even when details are suppressed or altered, as the audience may still experience the reverberations of the better-known version of the tradition, and it also applies to the characters themselves, who are often provided with a model of action for imitation or avoidance in their immediate contexts
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