@article{ref1,
title="Josef Kavalier's Odyssey: Homeric Echoes in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay",
journal="International journal of the classical tradition",
year="2010",
author="Levine, Daniel B.",
volume="17",
number="4",
pages="526-555",
abstract="This paper shows that the numerous parallels between Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) and the Odyssey portray the novel's hero as a Jewish Odysseus. It illustrates how Chabon's work contains episodes, structures and character typologies that correspond to numerous exemplars in the Odyssey, including the Telemachia (Od. 1-4), Kyklopeia (Od. 9), Nekuia (Od. 11), Anagnorismos (Od. 16), Toxou Thesis / Mnesterophonia (Od. 21-22), and the &quot;Wrath of Poseidon.&quot; In addition, the novel's main female character shares similar characteristics with Penelope. A preoccupation with &quot;escape&quot; is central to the novel, reflecting one of the essential themes of the epic and the specialty of its hero. Chabon himself invites a study of this sort, having recently written that the Odyssey and its hero form the original paradigm for the &quot;Adventure Story&quot; -- especially where Jewish characters are concerned (2007.201-203).<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1073-0508",
doi="10.1007/s12138-010-0217-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12138-010-0217-0"
}