Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Published on
Oct 1, 2007
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
5.39x1.10x8.11 Inches
Weight
0.95 Pounds
About the Book
'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' are perhaps the most influential works in the history of Western literature. This analysis of their creation and influence establishes how, precisely, these two poems, written nearly 3,000 years ago, have come to resonate throughout the world. 'Atlantic Books has achieved a publishing coup with its 'Books that Shook the World' series... short biographies of great books, securing the best people to write them and ensuring that the remit to produce compendious, clear and engaged accounts.