The Iliad and The Odyssey (Fagles translation) by Homer

The Iliad and The Odyssey (Fagles translation)



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ISBN: 9780670779642
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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In particular, there is a lot to say about Robert Fagles' stark translation which we will be reading. My edition of Penguin Classics Odyssey was revised by E.V. I decided to get the Fagles translation on my Kindle as my paper copy contains The Odyssey as well so it's huge. And so she got placed in the book club in which they are readingThe Odyssey? Or am I just not There is no point to reading any version of the Odyssey without the "wine-dark sea," and I'm an Odyssey lover because of the wine-dark sea, particularly the version translated by Robert Fagles. I am confused (but then again, I am often confused). There is a big difference between the Robert Fagles and George Chapman translations, so I Yeah, I'm familiar with The Odyssey and I know The Iliad is about the warjust wondering how they got there (and being a bit silly - can't take these big books too seriously!). After his bestselling success with the Iliad and the Odyssey, Robert Fagles released his verse translation of the Aeneid in 2006. As with Homer, finding the right translation of the Aeneid is essential to enjoying it. I will be talking a lot about translations of the classics in the coming months, as I will be teaching the Odyssey when the semester begins. Rieu's son in more contemporary English, as he said his father's translation was slightly archaic, so presumably the Penguin Iliad has been similarly revised. Or because there are Gods involved? Similar, in Fagles' version, we get the added sense that such wonderful grammatical surprise would be too complicated, too oblique (though to do him credit, Fagles does include this "but" in the opening of his Iliad). Diana said she really liked fantasy books. Of course, no one remains a stranger to the names of the great epics for long. The Odyssey - Homer / Robert Fagles. Robert Fagles made famous translations into English of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid, but no one would refer to him as an English-language "interpreter" of these works. ReplyDelete · Phanee 30 April 2011 20:11.





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