Helen of Troy
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Helen of Troy

From Homer to Hollywood

Laurie Maguire

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Helen of Troy

From Homer to Hollywood

Laurie Maguire

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About This Book

Helen 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.

  • Takes 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
  • Features a wide and diverse variety of literary sources, including epic, drama, novels, poems, film, comedy, and opera, and works by Homer, Euripides, Chaucer, Shakespeare
  • Includes 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
  • Explores themes such as narrative difficulties in portraying Helen, how legal history relates to her story, and how writers apportion blame or exculpate her
  • Considers the aesthetic and narrative difficulties that ensue when literature translates myth

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
ISBN
9781444308631
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Helen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood
Citation styles for Helen of Troy

APA 6 Citation

Maguire, L. (2009). Helen of Troy (1st ed.). Wiley. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2769233/helen-of-troy-from-homer-to-hollywood-pdf (Original work published 2009)

Chicago Citation

Maguire, Laurie. (2009) 2009. Helen of Troy. 1st ed. Wiley. https://www.perlego.com/book/2769233/helen-of-troy-from-homer-to-hollywood-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Maguire, L. (2009) Helen of Troy. 1st edn. Wiley. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2769233/helen-of-troy-from-homer-to-hollywood-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Maguire, Laurie. Helen of Troy. 1st ed. Wiley, 2009. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.