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Homer in Iberian-American Culture and Literature

Edited By: Maria de Fátima Silva, Maria António Hörster, Christian Werner, Graciela Cristina Zecchin de Fasano, Marta González González

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This book reveals Homer's vibrant legacy in Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, and Argentinian literature from the 19th to the 21st century. Juxtaposing Homeric motifs across genres—theatre, poetry, novel, and short story—it offers a unique cross-cultural comparison.

This book adds to an international bibliography specialised on the reception of Homer, including studies on Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian and Argentinian authors (from the 19th…

This book adds to an international bibliography specialised on the reception of Homer, including studies on Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian and Argentinian authors (from the 19th to the 21st century) articulated by a common perspective, Homeric motifs, and differentiated by literary genre, that is, theatre, poetry, novel, and short story. Well-known and lesser-known names from the literatures being analysed also contribute to the novelty of the set. The contributors are researchers from each of the countries with a specific and well-informed vision of each context. Organising the volume according to these genres encourages historical and cultural comparisons of countries with a long tradition in common. Each analysis is always framed within its cultural context. Due to its characteristics, this volume serves an audience with different expectations, related to Classical Studies, Literary Theory and Portuguese and Spanish Language Literatures, Theatrical Studies, History of Culture, and Postcolonial Studies.

Christian Werner, a professor of ancient Greek at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, specializes in Greek epic and tragic poetry and their reception in modernity. He authored “Memórias da Guerra de Troia” (2018) and translated Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey” (2018) and Hesiod’s “Theogony” and “Works and Days” (2022).

Graciela Zecchin de Fasano, a professor of Classics at the University of La Plata, Argentina, researches Homeric Epic, Archaic Poetry, and Greek Tragedy. She co-edited “Literature and Society in Ancient Greece” (2018) and “Cartographies of the Self in the Ancient World” (2022). Her current project focuses on poetic forms of lament in ancient Greece.

Maria de Fátima Silva, a retired professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, has published extensively on ancient Greek theatre – tragedy and comedy – and reception studies. She translated, among other authors, Aristophanes’ and Menander’s plays, and published some titles on Portuguese reception of Greek myths.

Maria António Hörster, a retired professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, focuses on comparative studies, German literature, and translation studies.

Marta González González, a professor at the University of Málaga, Spain, researches Greek religion, mythology, and ancient Greek tragedy. Her recent books include “La diosa Perséfone en la religión griega” (2023) and “Funerary Epigrams of Ancient Greece” (2019).

Marta González González, Carmen Morenilla Talens, Adriane Da Silva Duarte, Deidamia Zamperetti Martín, Graciela Cristina Zecchin de Fasano, Leonardo Antunes, Leonor Sautz-Barbarz, Maria António Hörster, Maria de Fátima Silva, Lucia P Romero Mariscal, Rui Tavares De Faria, Maria Silvina Delbueno, Susana Marques Pereira, Christian Werner, Ana Isabel Correia Martins