The Odyssey: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Contributor(s): Homer (Author), Fagles, Robert (Translator), Knox, Bernard (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140268863 ISBN-13: 9780140268867 Publisher: Penguin Group
This item is available now at an even better price in our Bargain Bin! Go There Now! Binding Type: Paperback Published: November 1997 Annotation: In the myths and legends that are magnificently retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given readers an "Odyssey" to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Click for more in this series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
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BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Poetry | Epic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: 883.01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 96017280 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 18-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 13-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 1050(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.7" W x 8.4" L (1.35 lbs) 560 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Theometrics - Secular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: New York Times 12/14/1997 pg. 36 Men's Journal 05/01/2007 pg. 84 Newsweek 09/03/2007 pg. 14 Newsweek 03/17/2008 pg. 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 5993 Reading Level: 10.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 24.0 |
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Publisher Description: The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles A Penguin Classic Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning modern-verse translation. Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy. So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey, which Jasper Griffin in the New York Times Book Review hails as a distinguished achievement. If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of an everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance. In the myths and legends retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb introduction and textual commentary provide insightful background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles's translation. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features French flaps and deckle-edged paper. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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