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Odysseus and Penelope : an ordinary marriage
- Title
- Odysseus and Penelope : an ordinary marriage / Inge Merkel ; translated by Renate Latimer ; afterword by Gerd K. Schneider.
- Author
- Merkel, Inge, 1922-2006.
- Publication
- Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PT2673.E6874 G3613 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Latimer, Renate.
- Description
- 392 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "In this novel, Inge Merkel, the Viennese historian and classicist, intimates with irony, humor and a twinkle in her eyes why it took Odysseus twenty years to return to his wife and son. It is the old story of long-suffering resourceful Odysseus told from the point of view of clever Penelope. Merkel is interested less in the heroic epic than in the experiences of a woman whose husband abandons wife and infant to pursue adventures in the Trojan War. What Odysseus inflicts on Penelope is, according to Merkel, human, all too human. How does a wife wait for two decades for her husband, who feigns patriotic duty and plunges into battle and amorous adventures?
- How does she welcome her hero, who has spent himself on the plains of Troy and in exotic caverns and now wishes to be comforted at home?"--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought. Translation series
- Uniform Title
- Ganz gewöhnliche Ehe. English
- Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought. Translation series
- Alternative Title
- Ganz gewöhnliche Ehe.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fictional Work
- Fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Romans.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 392).
- ISBN
- 1572410752
- 9781572410756
- LCCN
- 00026187
- OCLC
- ocm43526897
- 43526897
- SCSB-9563084
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library