The Quest for Ulysses (History Arts Ebook), sztuka i nie tylko po angielsku
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//-->THE^W.B.STANFORDJ.V.LUCEfTQFUI17.5OTHEQUESTFORULYSSESW.WithB.Stanford&J.V.Luce17colorplatesand178black-and-whiteillustrationsFewfigureshaveinspiredsomanypiecesmaster-ofliteratureandartasUlysses.WriterslikeHomer,Sophocles,Dante,Tennyson,andJoyceandartistslikePrimaticcio,Tibaldi,Poussin,andRubenshavepresentedhimineveryperiodofcreativeart.Sometimesheappearsasanadmirablehero,sometimesasacunningrogue.Hisimagearousesourinterestandchallengesconventionalideasaboutwhatconstitutesheroismandvillainy.TheQuestforUlyssestriesto deter-minethetruthaboutthisfascinatingpersonality.Itexplorestheworldoffactandtheworldofimagination.ThefirsttwochaptersgivethebackgroundtotheUlysseslegend,comparingHomer'snar-rativewiththeaccountsintheEpicCycle.ThefollowingfourchaptersexaminewhatisnowknownaboutGreeceandherneighborsintheearlyageswhentheTrojanWarwasfoughtandwonwiththehelpofUlysses.Everyyear,newarchaeo-logicaldiscoveriesaddtoourknowledgeofUlyssesandhishistoricalbackground.WiththisnewarchaeologicalevidenceofandlanguageoftheMycenae-anAge,TheQuestforUlyssesem-barksonthehistoricalandarchaeologicaltheart,life,partofthequest.ofthebookconsidersthelargestoreofmythology,literature,andartinwhichUlyssesplaysamajorrole.TheseimaginativeworksbeginwiththedramaticpoetsofthefifthcenturybcrestThe—{continuedonhackflap)XXX7^TheQuestforUlysses
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