The Ulysses theme
Subtitle: a study in the adaptability of a traditional hero
By: by W.B. Stanford
Publisher: B. Blackwell
Published: 1954
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Description: This book offers substance to contemporary reflections on manhood by looking at comradeship, heroism, virtue, wandering, trickery, father-son issues, relations between men and a variety of feminine forms, and the intervention of the Gods. The author surveys the range of responses--from Euripides to Kazantzakis--to Ulysses' ambiguous nature, transforming Homeric studies by focusing on literary and psychological analysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-280) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Ulysses as an epic hero. The adaptability of mythical figures; title: The grandson of Autolycus; title: The favourite of Athene; title: Personal relationships; title: The untypical hero; title: Developments in the epic cycle; title: Pt. 2. Ulysses as a figure of controversy. Growing hostility; title: The stage villain; title: Ulysses among Alexandrians and Stoics; title: Virgil's Ulysses; title: Traditional features in Ovid, Seneca, and Statius; title: Ulysses and the discrediting of Homer; title: Pt. 3. Modern variations on the classical themes. The man of policies; title: The wanderer; title: The re-integrated hero.