No One's Ways: An Essay on Infinite Naming

by Daniel Heller-Roazen

Book Overview

From Homer's Outis--"No One," or "Non-One," "No Man," or "Non-Man"--to "soul," "spirit," and the unnamable.

Homer recounts how, trapped inside a monster's cave, with nothing but his wits to call upon, Ulysses once saved himself by twisting his name. He called himself Outis: "No One," or "Non-One," "No Man," or "Non-Man." The ploy was a success. He blinded his barbaric host and eluded him, becoming anonymous, for a while,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935408887
• ISBN13: 9781935408888
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher