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The Iliad : Chapman's Homer

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George Chapman's famous and timeless translation of Homer's Iliad

George Chapman's translations of Homer--immortalized by Keats's sonnet--are the most famous in the English language. Swinburne praised their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire," while the great critic George Saintsbury wrote that "Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." This volume presents the original 1611 text of Chapman's translation of the Iliad, making only a small number of changes to punctuation and wording to aid the modern reader. The editor, Allardyce Nicoll, provides an introduction and a glossary, and the volume also features a preface by Garry Wills.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780691299624
  • ISBN-10: 0691299625
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publish Date: April 2027
  • Page Count: 648

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