{"product_id":"homers-daughter-isbn-9781609807733","title":"Homer's Daughter","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\"\u003ci\u003eHomer’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e deserves attention for its sly commentary on the genre of historical fiction; its complex relationship to Homer’s \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e; and its spirited protagonist, a young woman whose adventures as a lover and a poet diverge from the painful experiences that Graves attributes to male poets . . . . By presenting his modern novel as more authentic than the ancient epic, Graves wittily addresses theoretical questions about representing the past.\" \u003cb\u003e—Sheila Murnaghan, Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek at the University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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).","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300409364709,"sku":"NP9781609807733","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781609807733.jpg?v=1767729176","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/homers-daughter-isbn-9781609807733","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}