Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey : A Biography [first edition]

2007 Douglas and McIntyre hardcover, Alberto Manguel (The Library at Night) In this graceful and sweeping book, Alberto Manguel traces the lineage of the poems from their inception and first recording. He considers the original purpose of the poems-either as allegory of philosophical truth or as a record of historical truth-surveys the challenges the pagan Homer presented to the early Christian world, and maps the spread of the works around the world and through the centuries. - Amazon