Introduction by Bernard Knox (43 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 704 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. META-CLASSIC, INDISENSABLE: AS-NEW: A SUPERB First Edition hardcover (orig. 1996) w/ printed full no. line on the title page showing First Printing, AS-NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners w/ no price shown, AS-NEW unblemished raw-silk-finish white-linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & w/ twin dolphins stamped white-on white on lower corner of the front panel & titles handsomely stamped in copper-gold on spine, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w/ EXCELLENT smooth-cut top & bottom (w/ top edge stained rose-orange) & cut-page style "deckle" side-edging, AS-NEW uncreased binding w/ tight signatures & black cloth bands at spine-caps & silver silk page-marker ribbon, SPLENDID brown-on-tan frieze-bordered end-papers, PRISTINE interior printed w/ exceptional clarity & elegance on EXCELLENT unblemished acid-free archival paper w/ line-numbering at intervals of 10 in the right margins of the texts, an extended & extremely valuable 62 pp. introduction, an extended note on the spelling & pronunciation of Homeric names, & w/ maps illustrative of Homeric geography showing (1) Mainland Greece, (2) the Peloponnese & (3) the Aegean & Asia Minor w/ an inset of Troy & its Vicinity * NOTES: translator's postscript (489), genealogies (497), textual variations from the Oxford Classical Text (501), notes on the translation (503), suggestions for further reading (507) & pronouncing glossary (521) * 6.50" x 9.40", 1.02 kg, x+541 (551) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: If the Iliad is the world's greatest war story, then the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of Everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit & wiliness for survival in his encounters w/ divine & natural forces is at once the human story & an individual test of moral endurance. In the myths & legends that are magnificently retold here, Fagles has captured the energy & poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom & given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor & to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb introduction & textual commentary provide new insights & background information for the general reader & scholar, intensifying the strength of Fagles' translation. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist & the public at large, & to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. HIGHEST PRAISE: "Fagles' 'Odyssey' is a splendid companion piece to his memorable English version of the 'Iliad'. He has managed to create a poetic style that combines the pungency of modern colloquial English w/ a timeless dignity. The sensory values of Odysseus' archaic world, the snap of sails, the scud of sea-foam & the gleam of burnished bronze come wonderfully alive in this supple, rhythmic English" - Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley * ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: ROBERT FAGLES, the winner of the PEN-Ralph Mannheim Medal for Translation & an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, is Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University & received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Yale University. BERNARD KNOX is Director Emeritus of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & packages this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee of $14.00 w/ shipping to all international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL at our posted rates.…

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