Homer (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Homer is noted as the author of two magnificent works: the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Homer’s position at the headwaters of Western literature has assured him an unparalleled influence. Writers from antiquity through the twentieth century are in his debt, and, as the principal repository of Greek legend, his work is an important source of knowledge about the classical world. Homeric epic in particular presents a complete world of remote time and space, offering the full range of human experiences, integrated into...
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Iliad (Masterplots Classics)Iliad (Character Profiles)Iliad (Literary Places)Iliad (Magill Book Reviews)Odyssey, The (Literary Annual Reviews)Odyssey (Masterplots Classics)Odyssey (Character Profiles)Odyssey (Literary Places)Odyssey (Magill Book Reviews)European Oral and Epic Traditions (Topical Overview--Poetry)Explicating Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)Greek Poetry in Antiquity (Topical Overview--Poetry)Short Fiction in Antiquity (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)