Odyssey

English

ISBN: 0374525749

EAN: 9780374525743

Category: Poetry / Epic

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 11/30/1998

Synopsis: The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in a Noonday paperback. Robert Fitzgeralds translation of HomersOdysseyis the best and best-loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems. Since 1961, thisOdysseyhas sold more than two million copies, and it is the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. The Noonday Press is delighted to publish a new edition of this classic work.Fitzgeralds supple verse is ideally suited to the story of Odysseus long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. Homers tale of love, adventure, food and drink, sensual pleasure, and mortal danger reaches the English-language reader in all its glory. Of the many translations published since World War II, only Fitzgeralds has won admiration as a great poem in English. The noted classicist D. S. Carne-Ross explains the many aspects of its artistry in his Introduction, written especially for this new edition. The Noonday Press edition also features a map, a Glossary of Names and Places, and Fitzgeralds Postscript. Line drawings precede each book of the poem. Winner of the Bollingen Prize

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Odyssey

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.08 inches

Width: 5.47 inches

Length: 8.31 inches

Weight: 16.05 oz

Pages: 528