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Homer, writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is the earliest of Greek authors whose works survived. either works are very best versions of epic poetry and feature asserted a profound impact at the background of Western literature. This quantity deals an entire severe portrait of Homer. This identify, Homer, a part of Chelsea condominium Publishers’ glossy serious perspectives sequence, examines the key works of Homer via full-length severe essays via specialist literary critics. furthermore, this identify encompasses a brief biography on Homer, a chronology of the author’s lifestyles, and an introductory essay written by means of Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the arts, Yale collage.
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