{"product_id":"the-oxford-critical-guide-to-homers-odyssey-paperback","title":"The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel P. Christensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary style essays for non-specialists on each book of the Homeric epic. The introduction provides a broad overview of the historical and mythographical backgrounds to the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/em\u003ealong with brief discussions of the major thematic and scholarly concerns of the poem. The introduction can stand alone as a guide to reading the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, while it also prepares readers for the deeper discussions of the individual books. Twenty-four scholars, selected for their expertise and earlier publications, contributed essays aimed at guiding readers through different approaches to the poem. Each essay offers a summary of the plot of an individual book followed by a discussion of interpretive issues and its relationship with the epic as a whole. The essays were written and edited with a view towards providing accessibility to epic and epic scholarship to audiences from all backgrounds. While each chapter follows basic guidelines, their authors also add new insights and analyses to classic Homeric controversies. This collection provides an essential resource to engaging with Homer's epic from beginning to end or on a book-by-book basis for readers who have limited access to the original language and for researchers looking to learn more about scholarly approaches to Homer. New interpretations of the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/em\u003eoffered by established scholars, moreover, make this collection a must-read for current researchers as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel P. Christensen, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Classics, Provost, and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, CUNY Graduate Center\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoel Christensen\u003c\/strong\u003e (he\/his) is Professor of Classics at the CUNY Graduate Center where he also serves as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Previously Joel taught at UT San Antonio and Brandeis University. His research interests include early Greek poetry, myth, and literary theory. With Elton Barker, Joel has published \u003cem\u003eHomer's a Beginner's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) and \u003cem\u003eHomer's Thebes\u003c\/em\u003e (2020). He has also recently published \u003cem\u003eThe Many-Minded Man: The Odyssey, Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003eStorylife: On Epic, Language, and Living Things\u003c\/em\u003e (2025).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43373542211673,"sku":"9780198985099","price":66.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/FJISNyuxbA9780198985099.webp?v=1780465956","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/products\/the-oxford-critical-guide-to-homers-odyssey-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}