UPDATED + NEW CPP Looking Backward: Annotated Bibliography

Your Name Subject and Section Professor's Name March 5, 2024 Annotated Bibliography Pizzoli, Frank. "'The Odyssey is all about father and son'. Frank Pizzoli talks with a classicist in the footsteps of Homer." The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 25, no. 1 (2018): 22–25. This article features an interview with Daniel Mendelsohn about his memoir, An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, conducted by Frank Pizzoli. As discussed by Pizzoli, Mendelsohn’s insights share a unique journey he embarked on with his 81-year-old father, which included attending a seminar on Homer's Odyssey at Bard College, followed by a themed cruise. Accordingly, although this article was written as an analysis of the memoir and its blend of personal narrative with literary and historical analysis, Pizzoli has argued that there is a form of parallelism between Mendelsohn's experiences with his father and the epic journey of Odysseus. About the research to be conducted, this source is invaluable for understanding the interplay of personal history and classical literature in Mendelsohn's work, as well as the thematic emphasis on father-son relationships as a modern reflection of the Odyssey’s enduring legacy. Riley, Kathleen, 'Daniel Mendelsohn’s An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic (2017)', Imagining Ithaca: Nostos and Nostalgia Since the Great War (Oxford, 2021; online edn, Oxford Academic, April 22, 2021), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198852971.003.0020, accessed March 4, 2024. In this insightful chapter, Kathleen Riley examines Daniel Mendelsohn's memoir and frames it as a contemporary Telemachus. Specifically, one interesting note in her analysis was that the narrative centers on the author's father and his academic journeys, which lead to enriched interpretations of the epic. Further, the journey has culminated in a thematic critique that explores Jay's complex character, his relationship with his father, and ultimately, the discourse regarding nostos (or homecoming). Additionally, these concepts were linked to the enduring rele...