Cover Image

Geographies of myth and places of identity : the Strait of Scylla and Charybdis in the modern imagination /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benoît Carbone, Marco (Author)
Corporate Author: Bloomsbury (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Series:Imagines - Classical receptions in the visual and performing arts.
Subjects:
Scylla and Charybdis (Greek mythology)
Civilization, Western > Classical influences.
Charybde et Scylla (Mythologie grecque)
Classical history / classical civilisation,Mediterranean Sea,Museology & heritage studies.
Art > Criticism & Theory.
History > Ancient > Greece.
Literary Criticism > Ancient & Classical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Notes on Places and People
  • List of Illustrations
  • 1. The Strait of Homer and the Strait of Reality
  • 2. Chronotopes of Hellas: The Grand Tour
  • 3. Mediterranean Place-Myths
  • 4. Myth of Myths: Mapping the Odyssey
  • 5. Materialising Heritage: Tourism in Scilla
  • 6. Denizens of the Odyssey
  • 7. Conclusions: (Re)-Imagining the Strait
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index