Chapman's Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica
George Chapman's translations of Homer--immortalized by Keats's sonnet-- are the most famous in the English language. Swinburne praised their romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur, their freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire. And the great critic George Saintsbury wrote, For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what the Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language. This volume presents the original text of Chapman's translation of the Homeric hymns. The hymns, believed to have been written not by Homer himself but by followers who…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Chapman, George (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-691-22753-5
- EAN: 9780691227535
- Produktnummer: 35672764
- Verlag: Cabi
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 1 halftone.
- Reihenbandnummer: 665
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HomerTranslation by George ChapmanWith a new afterword by the author
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