{"product_id":"the-odyssey-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393655063","title":"The Odyssey: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Norton Critical Edition includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmily Wilson's authoritative translation of Homer's masterpiece, accompanied by her informative introduction, explanatory footnotes, and book-by-book summaries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFour maps, created especially for this translation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContextual materials including sources and analogues by Homer, Sappho, Pindar, and others. Also included are carefully chosen passages from (mainly) ancient texts that provide insight into \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e and its reception by Plato, Aristotle, Ovid, Pseudo-Longinus, Lucian, Apollodorus, Heraclitus, Porphyry, Proclus, Hyginus, Dante Alighieri, Alfred Lord Tennyson, C. P. Cavafy, Derek Walcott, and Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFive critical essays addressing key topics--composition; representation of religion and the gods; class and slavery; gender; and more-- essential to the study of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. Essays by Laurel Fulkerson, Laura M. Slatkin, Patrice Rankine, Helene P. Foley, and Egbert J. Bakker, are included.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA glossary and a list of suggested further readings.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomer:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eHOMER\u003c\/strong\u003e's identity is shrouded in mystery. Most scholars agree that an epic poet named Homer likely existed anywhere between 900 to 700 B.C.E. Legend, originating in antiquity, says that Homer was a blind bard from Ionia, but no account of Homer's life can be verified. \u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey, \u003c\/em\u003e the two epic poems attributed to Homer, which take place during the Trojan War and its aftermath, were derived from the oral storytelling tradition. Their method of composition--either by a single author or several bards working in tandem--remains unknown. The Homeric Poems are among the most significant narratives in the Greek and Western literary canon.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilson, Emily:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEmily Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a MacArthur Fellow. In addition to Homer's \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca. She lives in Philadelphia.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680585093394,"sku":"9780393655063","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25ea4ab7-d5f7-457b-8f16-39c9363a0242.jpg?v=1776156921","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-odyssey-a-norton-critical-edition-9780393655063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}