The Iliad of Homer: Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebook by Elizabeth Vandiver

The Iliad of Homer: Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebook

The Great Courses: Western Literature

Elizabeth Vandiver

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nonfiction reference informative medium-paced

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(The Great Courses #302)Keats compared discovering Homer to "finding a new planet." What is it in Homer's great works—and especially the Odyssey—that so enthralled him? Why have readers before and since reacted the same way?By joining award-winnin...

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