• ISBN13: 9781324076148
• Binding: Paperback
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• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: August 6, 2024
• Pages: 848
• Original Price: USD 19.99
• Language: English
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<p><b>From the Back Cover</b><br><strong>Praise for Emily Wilson's <em>Odyssey</em></strong><br /><br /> "If Wilson's version has an English model, it is the moving plainness of Matthew Arnold's 'Sohrab and Rustum.'... Though he never produced a translation himself, I think [Arnold] would have recognized his Homer--a poet 'eminently rapid... eminently plain and direct'--in Wilson's."<br /><strong>--Gregory Hays, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br /><br /> "[Wilson] preserves the musicality of Homer's poetry, opting for an iambic pentameter whose approachable storytelling tone invites us in, only to startle us with eruptions of beauty.... Wilson's transformation of such a familiar and foundational work is... astonishing."<br /><strong>--Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, <em>Atlantic</em></strong><br /><br /> "In the history of <em>Odyssey</em> translations, few have exerted such a cultural influence that they become 'classics' in their own right.... I predict that Emily Wilson will win a place in this roll-call of the most significant translations of the poem in history. She certainly deserves the honour."<br /><strong>--Edith Hall, <em>Daily Telegraph</em></strong></p>