{"product_id":"helen-of-troy-from-homer-to-hollywood-hardback-9781405126342","title":"Helen of Troy; From Homer to Hollywood (Hardback) 9781405126342","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHelen of Troy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Homer to Hollywood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurie Maguire (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405126342, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.553 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Overall, Maguire's book is a remarkably broad literary study of the complex and recurring figure of Helen of Troy. Her work is both comprehensive and detailed, covering a huge body of material both ancient and modern.\" (International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Maguire's book is an unusually effective study of something often invoked in an airy sort of way but difficult to represent concretely and cogently: literature and related arts as an ongoing and continuously motivated enterprise, sometimes almost collective in its workings across great stretches of time.\" (\u003ci\u003eTranslation \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"M.'s survey is impressively broad in scope ... .An impressive achievement.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Classical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Erudite and entertaining ... .We are certainly better equipped to understand the phenomenon of such a mysterious narrative lacuna by the end of Maguire's inspirational book.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Combining wit, learning, and insight, Maguire offers delightful reading both for the specialist and for the serious general reader.\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHelen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood is a comprehensive literary biography of Helen of Troy, which explores the ways in which her story has been told and retold in almost every century from the ancient world to the modern day.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes readers on an epic voyage into the literary representations of a woman who has wielded a great influence on Western cultural consciousness for more than three millennia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a wide and diverse variety of literary sources, including epic, drama, novels, poems, film, comedy, and opera, and works by Homer, Euripides, Chaucer, Shakespeare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an analysis of a radio play by the prize-winning author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and a Faust play by a contemporary Scottish playwright\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores themes such as narrative difficulties in portraying Helen, how legal history relates to her story, and how writers apportion blame or exculpate her\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the aesthetic and narrative difficulties that ensue when literature translates myth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConventions xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Ab ovo 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginnings 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStories and Contexts 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Narrating Myth 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhose Story? 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbsence 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragments and Narrative 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosure 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Textual Shudder 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth and Repetition 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth and Meaning 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCauses 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(En)Closure 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Beauty 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcess and Deficiency 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrating the Absolute 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStaging the Absolute 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetailing Helen 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beauty Effect 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen’s Breasts 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrogyny 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen’s Scar 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelativizing the Absolute 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen and Old Age 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeauty: Subjectivity and Objectivity 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeauty and Nostalgia 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Abducting Helen 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMissing Moments 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomer, the Iliad 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHerodotus, the Histories 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChaucer and Narrative Gaps 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen and Cressida 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Law’s Resolution of Women’s Rights (1632) 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatute Change in 1597 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece (1594) 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen (of Troy) 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRape as Revenge 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Blame 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccounts 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCasting Blame: Helen, Paris, and the Gods 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSidestepping Blame: Sympathy in the Iliad 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompeting Narratives: the Odyssey 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Twisting Eulogy \/ And Censure Both Together” 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoicing Helen: Euripides 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen Among the Sophists 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgency (1): Joseph of Exeter 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgency (2): Middle English Troy Books 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Peele, The Tale of Troy (1589) 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeifying Helen: John Ogle, The Lamentation of Troy (1594) 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMimetic Desire, the Scapegoat, and Blasphemy 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNaming and Shaming 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Helen and the Faust Tradition 142\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForm and Appearance in the English Faust Book 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen in the English Faust Book 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Faustus and Language 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Faustus and Boundaries 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoethe (1749–1832) 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoethe and Representation 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoethe and the Beauty of Language 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Face That Launched a Thousand Ships 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJo Clifford (1950–) 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClifford’s Helen and Gender Politics 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Parodying Helen 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComedy 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Novel 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaribbean Helen: Derek Walcott, Omeros (1990) 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 250\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437761294616,"sku":"9781405126342","price":83.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405126342.jpg?v=1784938574","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/helen-of-troy-from-homer-to-hollywood-hardback-9781405126342","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}