The Iliad of Homer (Penguin Classics S.) - Softcover

Pope, Alexander; Shankman, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140445048 ISBN 13: 9780140445046

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

This is Alexander Pope's translation of "The Iliad" (1715-20) into heroic couplets. Homer's tale of the Trojan war is a compassionate view of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death in the face of an overwhelming and often uncaring divinity.

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Reseña del editor

Pope spent his formative years as a poet translating Homer, beginning with the Iliad, and in his translation he successfully found a style that answers the sublimity and grace of Homer. Steven Shankman provides scholarly critical apparatus for this Penguin English Poets edition, which is based on the 1743 edition that contains the poet's final revisions. Pope's Preface and the three indexes are also included. Most importantly, this edition makes available for the first time in paperback Pope's notes in their entirety, enabling us to observe one poetic genius illuminate the work of another.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0140445048
• ISBN 13: 9780140445046
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1248
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