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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Nicolson, Adam, 1957-     Subjects     Homer.     Homer -- Influence.     Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.     Nicolson, Adam, 1957- -- Travel.     Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.     Trojan War -- Literature and the war.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nicolson, Adam, 1957-       by title:      The mighty dead : wh...       by call number:      883 H766n     Search the Web     Nicolson, Adam, 1957-     Homer.     Homer -- Influence.     Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.     Nicolson, Adam, 1957- -- Travel.     Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.     Trojan War -- Literature and the war.       MARC Display

The mighty dead : why Homer matters / Adam Nicolson. by Nicolson, Adam, 1957- William Collins, 2014. Call #: 883 H766n Subjects Homer.   Homer -- Influence.   Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.   Nicolson, Adam, 1957- -- Travel.   Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.   Trojan War -- Literature and the war. ISBN:  9780007335527 (hc.) Description:  xxii, 314 pages : illustrations, (some colour), maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-301) and index. Contents:  Meeting Homer -- Grasping Homer -- Loving Homer -- Seeking Homer -- Finding Homer -- Homer the Strange -- Homer the Real -- The Metal Hero -- Homer on the Steppes -- The Gang and the City -- Homer's Mirror -- Homer's Odyssey. Summary:  "Homer's epic poems of war and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty, of humanity and its frailty. Adam Nicolson sets out to explain why these great ancient poems still have so much to say about what it is to be human, to love, lose, grow old and die. A journey of history and discovery, sewn together by the oldest stories we have -- the Iliad and the Odyssey, which emerged from a time before the Greeks became Greek. As nomadic tribes of the northern steppe, they clashed with the sophisticated cities of the eastern Mediterranean. These poems tell us how we became who we are. We witness a disputatious dinner in 19th-century Paris and Keats finding in Chapman's Homer the inspiration to travel in the 'realms of gold'. We go to Bosnia in the 1930s, with the god of Homer studies Milman Parry where oral poetry still thrived; to Spain to visit the possible site of Hades; to Troy, Ukraine, Syria and the islands of the Mediterranean; and to that most ancient of modern experiences, the open sea, in calm and storm. Reflecting on fathers and sons, men and women, on the necessity for love and the violence of warriors, on peace and war, youth and old-age, Homer is the deep voice of Europe, as dark as Mavrodaphne and as glowingly alive as anything that has ever been"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 883 H766n Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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