Homer Chapman's Homer (Paperback) Bollingen Series

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Chapman's HomerCondition: NewEAN: 9780691002361ISBN: 9780691002361Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/13/1998Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 879gTranslator: George ChapmanContributor: Allardyce Nicoll (Edited by), George Chapman (Translated by), Garry Wills (Preface by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: The IliadISBN-10: 0691002363Description: George Chapman's translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." Swinburne praised the translations for their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." The great critic George Saintsbury (1845-1933) wrote: "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." This volume presents the original (1611) text of Chapman's translation of the Iliad, making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. The editor, Allardyce Nicoll, provides an introduction and a glossary. Garry Wills contributes a preface, in which he explains how Chapman tapped into the poetic consonance between the semi-divine heroism of the Iliad's warriors and the cosmological symbols of Renaissance humanism.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: BiographyBook Series: Bollingen SeriesAuthor: HomerTopic: Poetry & Drama, Literary CriticismRelease Year: 1998 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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