The IliadWith an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London. The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of war is amagnificent testimony to the power of The Iliad. In muscular, onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans. Chapman regarded the translation of this epic, and of Homer's Odyssey (also available in Wordsworth Editions) as his life's work, and dedicated himself to capturing the 'soul' of the poem. Swinburne praised the resulting translation for its 'romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur, its freshness, strength, and inexhaustible fire', qualities that reflect the grandeur, fire and brutality of the original poem. This new edition includes a critical introduction and extensive notes, rendering Chapman's extraordinary poetic masterpiece accessible to modern readers. |
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User Review - madepercy - LibraryThingThis version was quite the tome and I suffered from RSI just from holding the book. I have embarked upon the Great Books series as set out by Hutchins and Adler at the University of Chicago and this ... Read full review
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User Review - bartt95 - LibraryThingI read this for school. To those who think that they know the story, and that therefore reading it would add very little, need to reconsider. Homer's work is full of interesting language. Rarely have ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 5 |
Section 3 | 19 |
Section 4 | 41 |
Section 5 | 43 |
Section 6 | 55 |
Section 7 | 71 |
Section 8 | 95 |
Section 15 | 223 |
Section 16 | 237 |
Section 17 | 257 |
Section 18 | 279 |
Section 19 | 297 |
Section 20 | 313 |
Section 21 | 325 |
Section 22 | 339 |
Section 9 | 111 |
Section 10 | 123 |
Section 11 | 155 |
Section 12 | 169 |
Section 13 | 189 |
Section 14 | 203 |
Section 23 | 355 |
Section 24 | 369 |
Section 25 | 371 |
Section 26 | 391 |
Section 27 | 413 |
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| Title | The Iliad Classics Library Wadworth Collection Wordsworth classics |
| Authors | Homer, Adam Roberts |
| Contributor | Adam Roberts |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Wordsworth Editions, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1853262420, 9781853262425 |
| Length | 351 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Classics Poetry / European / General |
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