An odyssey, a father, a son, and an epic, Daniel Mendelsohn
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- Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- Influence
- Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography
- Travel writing
- Fathers -- United States -- Death
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
- Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960-
- Homer -- Influence
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Parent & Adult Child
- Mendelsohn, Jay, 1929-2012 -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region
- Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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An odyssey, a father, a son, and an epic, Daniel Mendelsohn
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
An odyssey
Oclc number
966850185
Responsibility statement
Daniel Mendelsohn
Sub title
a father, a son, and an epic
Summary
Presents the story of a father and son's transformative shared journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engaged in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece
Table of contents
Proem (invocation): 1964-2011 -- Telemachy (education): January-February 2011 -- Apologoi (adventures): March-June -- Nostos (homecoming): April -- Anagnorisis (recognition): May -- Sêma (the sign): April 6, 2012
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