Ransom
North Sydney
:
Knopf Australia
,
2009
Z1529380
2009
single work
novel
(taught in 20 units)
'With learning worn lightly and in his own lyrical language, David Malouf revisits Homer's Iliad. Focusing on the unbreakable bonds between men - Priam and Hector, Patroclus and Achilles, Priam and the cart-driver hired to retrieve Hector's body. Pride, grief, brutality, love and neighbourliness are explored.' (Publisher's blurb)
Somehow the ghosts of ancient myths and legends still live with us. This unit examines myths and legends in their historical, cultural and literary-critical contexts. It also examines the impact of this mythology on western literature and culture.
