{"product_id":"9780198810193","title":"The Making of the Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poet of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e was a seriously flawed genius. He had a wonderfully inventive imagination, a gift for pictorial detail and for introducing naturalistic elements into epic dialogue, and a grand architectural plan for the poem. He was also a slapdash artist, often copying verses from the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e or from himself without close attention to their suitability. With various possible ways of telling the story bubbling up in his mind, he creates a narrative marked by constant inconsistency of detail. He is a fluent composer who delights in prolonging his tale with subsidiary episodes, yet his deployment of the epic language is often inept and sometimes simply unintelligible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Making of the\u003c\/i\u003e Odyssey is a penetrating study of the background, composition, and artistry of the Homeric \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. Martin West places the poem in its late seventh-century context in relation to the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and other poetry of the time. He also investigates the traditions that lie behind it: the origins of the figure of Odysseus, and folk tales such as those of the One-eyed Ogre and the Husband's Return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011622650096,"sku":"9780198810193","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780198810193_p0.jpg?v=1763667401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780198810193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}