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Homer
Author | : Barbara Graziosi |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780199589944 |
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The Iliad and the Odyssey are the cornerstones of Western literature, inspiring artists, writers, philosophers, musicians, playwrights, and film-makers throughout history. Barbara Graziosi introduces Homer's key works and discusses the main literary, historical, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homeric studies.
The Iliad of Homer
Author | : Homer |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2022-06-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9783375039134 |
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza.
The Shield of Achilles
Author | : W. H. Auden |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2024-05-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780691218656 |
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"The first critical edition of W. H. Auden's poetry collection The Shield of Achilles, which won the 1956 National Book Award in Poetry, this book will include the complete text of Auden's award-winning volume The Shield of Achilles, accompanied critical commentary by Alan Jacobs: a preface to provide historical and publishing context; a longer introduction to orient the reader to the poems themselves; and detailed notes on words or passages in need of clarification for contemporary readers. Jacobs, who has edited two previous critical editions of Auden's poetry, argues that this was the most important single collection of poems Auden published, and also the most coherent of his collections. The two poetic sequences, "Bucolics" and "Horae Canonicae," bookend a remarkable set of lyrics, with "The Shield of Achilles" itself at the heart. One of Auden's last long poems, it refers to moment in The Iliad in which Thetis, mother of Achilles, asks Hephaestus to forge a shield for her son. Auden re-imagines how the shield of Achilles would look in the modern age, when the rules of war and the role of the hero have been rewritten. While the volume was widely praised, it is now out of print (although the title poem is included in larger collections of Auden's poetry). A critical edition allows readers to better understand and appreciate one of Auden's most important later poetic works, written in what Jacobs describes as "a poetic idiom that differs quite significantly from what anyone else at the time was doing. . . . it is, in a vital sense, public poetry and it can be enjoyed, understood, and profited from. This edition is meant to make that enjoyment, understanding, and profit easier of access.""--
The Anger of Achilles
Author | : Leonard Charles Muellner |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0801432308 |
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Menis means more than an individual's emotional response. On the basis of the epic exemplifications of the word, Muellner defines the term as a cosmic sanction against behavior that violates the most basic rules of human society. Virtually absent from the Odyssey, the term menis appears in the Iliad in conjunction with the enforcement of social rules, especially the rules of reciprocal exchange. To understand the way menis functions, Muellner invokes the concept of tabu developed by Mary Douglas, stressing both the power and the danger that accrue to a person who violates such rules. Transgressive behavior has both a creative and a destructive aspect.
The Anger of Achilles
Author | : Robert Graves |
Publsiher | : Rosetta Books |
Total Pages | : 521 |
Release | : 2014-03-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780795337079 |
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The controversial prose-and-verse translation of the ancient war epic by the acclaimed author of I, Claudius—“full of new and provocative ideas” (Kirkus Reviews). The war between the Greeks and the Trojans has reached a fever pitch. Offended by Agamemnon, the great Greek warrior Achilles is in his tent, refusing to fight. But then Trojan prince Hector slaughters Achilles’s intimate friend Patroclus. Willing or not, Achilles must take revenge for his friend’s death, even if it will result in his own. The Anger of Achilles is a novelized interpretation of Homer’s Iliad, told by noted poet, classicist, and historical novelist Robert Graves. In this innovative take on the classic tale, Achilles comes to life in all his vivid rage, bravery, passion, and lust for battle. Combining his expertise in ancient Greek warfare and culture with a famed talent for compelling storytelling, Graves is the ideal translator to bring this ancient epic of war to a modern audience. This edition includes a compelling introduction by the author, who argues that Homer’s Iliad is best understood as a satire, closer in spirit to the works of Cervantes than those of Milton. “The translation is lucid and concise, the work of a scholar of some originality.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Wrath of Achilles
Author | : Ed DeHoratius |
Publsiher | : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2009-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780865167087 |
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"You are Achilles, the greatest hero of ancient Greece. You fight with honor and pride. But on the battlefields of Troy you have a decision to make: stay true to your honor code and not fight, or stand beside your countrymen and win even more fame and glory. In 'The Wrath of Achilles', you face the same choices as Achilles in Homer's Iliad, but you are in control of your destiny. Only one path leads to glory. Fifteen others lead to death, defeat, or shame."--Page 4 of cover.
The Anger of Achilles
Author | : Homer |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Achilles (Greek mythology) |
ISBN | : UOM:39076006792126 |
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