Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad by Oswald, Alice

Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad

In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad--the anger...
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Author: Alice Oswald
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Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad by Oswald, Alice

Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad

$58.80

Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad

$58.80
Author: Alice Oswald
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad--the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen--in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and unforgotten in the copious retrospect of Homer's glance. The resulting poem is a war memorial and a profoundly responsive work that gives new voice to Homer's level-voiced version of the world. Through a mix of narrative and musical repetition, the sequence becomes a meditation on the loss of human life.

Author: Alice Oswald
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/10/2012
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780393088670


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/23/2012 pg. 13
New York Times Book Review 12/30/2012 pg. 26

About the Author
Boland, Eavan: - Eavan Boland (1944--2020) was the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, including Outside History and several volumes of nonfiction, and was coeditor of the anthology The Making of Poem. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she was one of the foremost female voices in Irish literature. She received a Lannan Foundation Award and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award, among other honors. She taught at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Bowdoin College, and Stanford University, where she was the director of the creative writing program.Oswald, Alice: - Alice Oswald is the author of eight books of poetry, including Memorial and Falling Awake, winner of the Costa Poetry Award and Griffin Poetry Prize. Elected as the University of Oxford Professor of Poetry in 2019, she lives in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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