How Long to Read The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey by Alexander C. Loney

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book is the first in-depth examination of revenge in the Odyssey. The principal revenge plot of the Odyssey --Odysseus' surprise return to Ithaca after twenty away and his vengeance on Penelope's suitors -- is the act for which he is most celebrated. This story forms the backbone of the Odyssey. But is Odysseus' triumph over the suitors as univocally celebratory as is often assumed? Does the poem contain and even suggest other, darker interpretations of Odysseus' greatest achievement? This book offers a careful analysis of several other revenge plots in the Odyssey -- those of Orestes, Poseidon, Zeus, and the suitors' relatives. It shows how these revenge stories color one another with allusions (explicit and implicit) that connect them and invite audiences to interpret them in light of one another. These stories -- especially Odysseus' revenge upon the suitors -- inevitably turn out to have multiple meanings. One plot of revenge slips into another as the offender in one story becomes a victim to be avenged in the next. As a result, Odysseus turns out to be a much more ambivalent hero than has been commonly accepted. And in the Odyssey's portrayal, revenge is an unstable foundation for a community. Revenge also ends up being a tenuous narrative structure for an epic poem, as a natural end to cycles of vengeance proves elusive. This book offers a radical new reading of the seemingly happy ending of the poem.

How long is The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey?

The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey by Alexander C. Loney is 281 pages long, and a total of 70,531 words.

This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 25 minutes to read The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey aloud.

What Reading Level is The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey?

The Ethics of Revenge and the Meanings of the Odyssey is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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