{"product_id":"homers-daughter-paperback","title":"Homer's Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Graves\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomer's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is Robert Graves' novel of the girl, Nausicaa, a character in the Odyssey, who Graves believed was a its true author (not the blind and bearded Homer, whose Iliad was composed at least 150 years before.... ). That Homer did not write the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be a bold historical and literary claim. Add to it Graves's protofeminist heroine, and a radical modern classic is born. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his Historical Note, Graves says the novel \"re-creates, from internal and external evidence, the circumstances which induced Nausicaa to write the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, and suggest how, as an honorary Daughter of Homer, she managed to get it included in the official canon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Here is the story of a high-spirited and religious-minded Sicilian girl who saves her father's throne from usurpation, herself from a distasteful marriage, and her two younger brothers from butchery by boldly making things happen, instead of sitting still and hoping for the best.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeven Stories' Robert Graves Project spans 14 titles, and includes fiction and nonfiction, adult, young adult and children's books, in a striking new uniform design, with new introductions and afterwords. Homer's Daughter joins our recent re-publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Reader Over Your Shoulder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnn at Highwood Hall \u003c\/i\u003eon our Triangle Square Books for Young Readers list. Among the works still to come are \u003ci\u003eCount Belisarius\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHebrew Myths\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLawrence and the Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e. The online partner for the Robert Graves Project is RosettaBooks\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROBERT GRAVES\u003c\/b\u003e (1895-1985) was a preeminent English poet, novelist, critic, translator, and scholar of classical mythology. He served in World War I--an experience recounted in his 1929 autobiography, \u003ci\u003eGood-Bye to All That\u003c\/i\u003e--and later became the first professor of English literature at the University of Cairo. Best remembered today for his acclaimed historical novels about the Roman emperor Claudius, \u003ci\u003eI, Claudius\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClaudius the God\u003c\/i\u003e, his other books include \u003ci\u003eThe White Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hebrew Myths\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL WOOD \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Princeton, and the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), \u003ci\u003eOn Empson\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and \u003ci\u003eThe Habits of Distraction\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770731757856,"sku":"9781609807733","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1f5afdc7dd54e8ca3783ebf9ab0038e6.webp?v=1780377714","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/homers-daughter-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}