{"product_id":"the-swineherd-and-the-bow-representations-of-class-in-the-odyssey-by-william-g-thalmann","title":"The Swineherd and the Bow: Representations of Class in the Odyssey by William G. Thalmann","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780801434792\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCornell University Press, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanuary 1998\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 330 Pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Odyssey, William G. Thalmann asserts, does not describe an actual historical society at any period, but gives a selective, idiosyncratic, and contradictory picture to serve ideological ends, representing rather than reproducing social reality. The Swineherd and the Bow is an ambitious attempt to apply literary and social science theory in order to reveal Homeric epic as a form of class discourse within the context of early Greek social and political development\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47193890521250,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/s-l500_5a08d31c-0851-4392-99b1-fb32e5947233.jpg?v=1776858624","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-swineherd-and-the-bow-representations-of-class-in-the-odyssey-by-william-g-thalmann","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}