Homer in English

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Title Statements

Full title :Homer in English / edited with an introduction and notes by George Steiner ; with the assistance of Aminadav Dykman.

Summary

"'The Iliad and Odyssey,' writes Professor George Steiner, 'are perennially active in the pulse of the English languages, in the texts and contexts of Anglo-Saxon self-definition; these translations and variations on Homeric themes offer nothing less than 'a concise chronicle of English'." "From Lydgate's Troy Book, Chaucer's Troylus and Criseyde and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida to Pound's Cantos, Joyce's Ulysses and Derek Walcott's Omeros, Homer has been the most translated author and presence in our literature and languages (such as American and Afro-Caribbean). Homer has elicited a fantastic wealth and quality of response, from Hobbes to Gladstone, from T. E. Lawrence to Robert Graves. Homeric translations by Chapman, Dryden, Pope, Shelley and Christopher Logue are masterpieces in their own right. This superb selection assembles highlights and representative moments from six and a half centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1996.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxiv, 357 pages ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0140446214, 9780140446210
oclc:ocm34581406
LC Classification:PA4025.A15
Dewey Decimal:883/.01

Subjects

18.43 ancient Greek literature Adaptations English poetry -- Greek influences Epic poetry Epic poetry, English Epic poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into… Epics (texts) Greek poetry Homer Parodies, imitations, etc Poésie anglaise -- Influence grecque poésie épique anglaise Translations Translations (form)