The Odyssey
Homer
Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert 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. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. 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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: HomerPublisher: Penguin GroupPublished: 11/01/2006ISBN: 9780143039952Pages: 541Weight: 0.86lbsSize: 7.76h x 5.12w x 0.98d
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Book Title
The Odyssey
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9780143039952
Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert 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. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Homer
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 11/01/2006
ISBN: 9780143039952
Pages: 541
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.12w x 0.98d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Homer
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 11/01/2006
ISBN: 9780143039952
Pages: 541
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.12w x 0.98d
Robert Fagles's stunning modern-verse translation-available at last in our black-spine classics line The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, renowned translator Robert 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. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the general reader, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. 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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Homer
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 11/01/2006
ISBN: 9780143039952
Pages: 541
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.12w x 0.98d
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Homer
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 11/01/2006
ISBN: 9780143039952
Pages: 541
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.12w x 0.98d