The Odyssey – A Dramatic Retelling of Homer`s Epic - Softcover

Armitage, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393330818 ISBN 13: 9780393330816

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011

Synopsis

In this new verse adaptation, originally commissioned for BBC radio, Simon Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly, lotus-eating, homesick companions; and between subtle Odysseus (wiliest hero of antiquity) and a range of shape-shifting adversaries Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops as he and his men are "pinballed between islands" of adversity. One of the most individual voices of his generation, Armitage revitalizes our sense of the Odyssey as oral poetry, as indeed one of the greatest of tall tales."

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Title: The Odyssey( A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: SimonArmitage <>Publisher: W.W.Norton&Company

Synopsis:

A verse adaptation of the classic tale, originally commissioned for BBC radio, presents the story as a series of dramatic exchanges between Odysseus, his lotus-eating companions, and a range of shape-shifting adversaries. Original.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0393330818
• ISBN 13: 9780393330816
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272