| The Odyssey of Homer Contributor(s): Butcher, S. H. (Translator), Lang, A. (Translator), Homer (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798720383107 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.32 lbs) 450 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There would have been less controversy about the proper method of Homeric translation, if critics had rec-ognised that the question is a purely relative one, that of Homer there can be no final translation. The taste and the literary habits of each age demand different qualities in poetry, and therefore a different sort of rendering of Homer. To the men of the time of Elizabeth, Homer would have appeared bald, it seems, and lacking in inge-nuity, if he had been presented in his antique simplicity. For the Elizabethan age, Chapman supplied what was then necessary, and the mannerisms that were then deemed of the essence of poetry, namely, daring and lux-urious conceits. Thus in Chapman‟s verse Troy must "shed her towers for tears of overthrow," and when the winds toss Odysseus about, their sport must be called "the horrid tennis." |
