{"product_id":"the-iliad-paperback-softback-9780806139746","title":"The Iliad (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806139746","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHomer (Author), Herbert Jordan (Translated by), E. Christian Kopff (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806139746\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 September 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.751 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn accessible Iliad for twenty-first-century readers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic of Western literature for three millennia, Homer's \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e captivates modern readers - as it did ancient listeners - with its tale of gods and warriors at the siege of Troy. Now Herbert Jordan's line-for-line translation brilliantly renders the original Greek into English blank verse - the poetic form most closely resembling our spoken language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaising the bar set by Richmond Lattimore in 1951, Jordan employs a pleasing five-beat meter and avoids unnecessary filler. Whereas other verse renditions are longer than the original, owing to the translators' indulgence in personal poetics, Jordan avoids \"\"line inflation.\"\" The result, an economical translation, captures the force and vigor of the original poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eE. Christian Kopff's introduction to this volume sets the stage and credits Jordan with conveying the action and movement of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e in \"\"contemporary language and a supple verse.\"\" This new \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e offers twenty-first-century readers the thrill of a timeless epic and affords instructors a much-needed alternative for literature surveys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551740915992,"sku":"9780806139746","price":16.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-iliad-paperback-softback-9780806139746","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}