The Odyssey
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
Edition
First Vintage classics edition.
Physical Desc
x, 509 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Status
Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
883 HOMER
1 available
883 HOMER
1 available
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First Vintage classics edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 10.3, 24 Points
Level 10.3, 24 Points
Lexile measure
830
Notes
General Note
Originally published in New York in 1932. This impression is a reprint of the 1935 English edition.
Description
With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway, University of London Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago. This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman's sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer': 'Much have I travelled in the realms of gold.'
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Homer., & Lawrence, T. E. 1. (1990). The Odyssey (First Vintage classics edition.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Homer and T. E. 1888-1935. Lawrence. 1990. The Odyssey. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Homer and T. E. 1888-1935. Lawrence. The Odyssey Vintage Books, 1990.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Homer., and T. E. 1888-1935 Lawrence. The Odyssey First Vintage classics edition., Vintage Books, 1990.
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