Three rings: a tale of exile, narrative, and fate

"This book explores the themes of exile and wandering, homecoming and fated closures in literature-but also in real life and history-by invoking Homer's Odyssey. Focusing on crucial moments in the lives and careers of three scholar/writers-Erich Auerbach, François Fénelon, and W.G. Sebald-...

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Beteilige Person: Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Charlottesville ; London University of Virginia Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:Page-Barbour lectures
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Zusammenfassung:"This book explores the themes of exile and wandering, homecoming and fated closures in literature-but also in real life and history-by invoking Homer's Odyssey. Focusing on crucial moments in the lives and careers of three scholar/writers-Erich Auerbach, François Fénelon, and W.G. Sebald-all of whom were inspired by Homer's epic, Three Rings uses "ring composition" (Homer's dominant narrative technique) to tell the stories of the three writers' lives"--
Beschreibung:Entstand aus dem Vortrag "A Digression: Narrative Afterlives of The Odyssey", der im Rahmen der Page-Barbour lectures 2019 an der University of Virginia stattfand
Umfang:116 Seiten 21 cm