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Taking Her Seriously: Penelope and the Plot of Homer's Odyssey » (New Edition)
Authors: Richard Heitman
ISBN-13: 9780472114894, ISBN-10: 0472114891
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Richard Heitman
Book Synopsis
An innovative new analysis of the Odyssey's most influential female character
Table of Contents
| Ch. 1 | The stakes of the plot | 11 |
| Ch. 2 | Strategy for survival | 34 |
| Ch. 3 | How old is telemachos? | 50 |
| Ch. 4 | Penelope as tragic heroine | 63 |
| Ch. 5 | The limits of deception | 85 |
| Ch. 6 | The poem of mind | 104 |
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