{"product_id":"homer-la-odisea-the-odyssey-9786079573546","title":"La odisea \/ The Odyssey","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e“A revelation. Never have I been so aware at once of the beauty of the poetry, the physicality of Homer’s world, and the moral ambiguity of those who inhabit it.” —SUSAN CHIRA, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, “New \u0026amp; Noteworthy”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“‘Each generation must translate for itself,’ T. S. Eliot declared. Emily Wilson has convincingly answered this hers is a vital \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e for the twenty-first century that brings into rhythmic English the power, dignity, variety, and immediacy of this great poem.” —LAURA SLATKIN, \u003cem\u003eNew York University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Norton Critical Edition \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Wilson’s authoritative translation of Homer’s masterpiece, accompanied by her informative introduction, explanatory footnotes, and book-by-book summaries.\u003cbr\u003eFour maps, created especially for this translation.\u003cbr\u003eContextual materials including sources and analogues by Homer, Sappho, Pindar, and others. Also included are carefully chosen passages from (mainly) ancient texts that provide insight into \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e and its reception by Plato, Aristotle, Ovid, Pseudo-Longinus, Lucian, Apollodorus, Heraclitus, Porphyry, Proclus, Hyginus, Dante Alighieri, Alfred Lord Tennyson, C. P. Cavafy, Derek Walcott, and Margaret Atwood.\u003cbr\u003eNine critical essays addressing key topics—composition; representation of religion and the gods; class and slavery; gender; colonization and the meaning of home; trickery, intelligence, and lying; and more— essential to the study of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. Essays by Robert Fowler, Laurel Fulkerson, Barbara Graziosi, Laura M. Slatkin, Sheila Murnaghan, Patrice Rankine, Helene P. Foley, Egbert J. Bakker, and Lillian Eileen Doherty are included.\u003cbr\u003eA glossary and a list of suggested further readings.","brand":"Amer West Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53134102135126,"sku":"9786079573546-G","price":54.25,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9786079573546_1_86d7e269-b937-4969-9e04-c9fee0631cae.jpg?v=1777381695","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/homer-la-odisea-the-odyssey-9786079573546","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}