“The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.”
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The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.
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When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.
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After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it.
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One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.
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