Download or read book The Olive-tree Bed and Other Quests written by M. Owen Lee and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six lectures that Owen (classics. U. of Toronto) delivered at Victoria College in October 1995. He discusses what he finds beautiful in the Odyssey, the Aeneid, Wagner's Parsifal, Goethe's Faust, and draws obliquely from Don Quixote and Gilgamesh. He also identifies critical problems with the works. Parts of two lectures are reprinted from Owen's books. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Canadian card order number: C96-932151-1. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR