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Format:
Book
Title:
The Odyssey
Uniform Title:
Odyssey. English (Fitzgerald)
Author:
ISBN:
9780374525743

9780374224387
Edition:
First Farrar, Straus, and Giroux paperback edition.
Publication:
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1998]
Physical Description:
lxx, 515 pages : map ; 22 cm
Contents:
The poem of Odysseus / D.S. Carne-Ross -- Map of Homer's world -- The Odyssey. A goddess intervenes -- A hero's son awakens -- The lord of the Western approaches -- The red-haired King and his lady -- Sweet nymph and open sea -- The princess at the river -- Gardens and firelight -- The songs of the Harper -- New coasts and Poseidon's son -- The grace of the witch -- A gathering of shades -- Sea perils and defeat -- One more strange island -- Hospitality in the forest -- How they came to Ithaka -- Father and son -- The beggar at the manor -- Blows and a Queen's beauty -- Recognitions and a dream -- Signs and a vision -- The test of the bow -- Death in the Great Hall -- The trunk of the olive tree -- Warriors, farewell -- Critical writing on The Odyssey and Homeric poetry.
Summary:
Presents a reprint of this ancient Greek epic, Homer's tale of love, adventure, food and drink, sensual pleasure, and mortal danger, translated into the English-language with an introduction giving the background to the times. Since 1961, Fitzgerald's classic translation of Homer's Odyssey has been the standard translation for three generations of students and poets. In this edition of the classic work, Fitzgerald's verse is ideally suited to the story of Odysseus' long journey back to his wife and home after the Trojan War. --Adapted from publisher description.
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