Regarding Penelope: From Character to Poetics

By Nancy Felson and Nancy Felson-Rubin

This book explores Homer's construction of the charcter of Penelope, and his more general theory of poetic production and reception. A stimulating study by an author who has made valuable and forceful contributions to our understanding of early Greek literature, this book offers a rich and innovative synthesis of narratological and pyschological perspectives on the text of the Odyssey ' - L M Slatkin, University of Chicago .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806129611
• ISBN13: 9780806129617
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.3"