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portada The Odyssey [Deckle Edge Paper]
Type
Physical Book
Author
Translated by
Publisher
Year
2018
Language
English
Pages
592
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
14.48 x 3.3 x 20.83 cm
Weight
0.66 kg.
ISBN13
9780393356250
Edition No.
1
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The Odyssey [Deckle Edge Paper]

Homero (Poeta) (Author) · Emily Wilson (Translated by) · W. W. Norton & Company · Paperback

The Odyssey [Deckle Edge Paper] - Homer (author), Emily Wilson (Translator)

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Synopsis "The Odyssey [Deckle Edge Paper]"

Specially bound paperback edition, with deckle-edging (rough-cut) pages and French flaps.

"...a new cultural landmark...The first version of Homer's groundbreaking work by a woman will change our understanding of it for ever...Armed with a sharp, scholarly rigour, she has produced a translation that exposes centuries of masculinist readings of the poem." Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian

The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world.

This vivid new translation the first by a woman matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant language and a five-beat line to produce a translation with an enchanting "rhythm and rumble" that avoids proclaiming its own grandeur. An engrossing tale told in a compelling new voice that allows contemporary readers to luxuriate in Homer's descriptions and similes and to thrill at the tension and excitement of its hero's adventures, Wilson recaptures what is "epic" about this wellspring of world literature.
Homero (Poeta)
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Homer is considered the most important poet of Ancient Greece and a fundamental figure in world literature. He is credited with two great epics: The Iliad and The Odyssey, written around the 8th century BC. These works belong to the epic genre and narrate the feats of heroes such as Achilles and Odysseus in the Trojan War and their return to Ithaca, respectively. Homer's identity is a mystery, and some scholars even debate whether he was a single author or the representation of a collective oral tradition.

The Homeric epics have deeply influenced literature and Western thought, being essential sources of mythology, history, and Greek cultural values. Their poetic style, based on dactylic hexameters and a complex narrative structure, has been the subject of study for centuries. Their stories have been adapted in multiple forms and continue to be a reference in literature and art.
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Clara Palmer Sunday, May 25, 2025
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Excelente, la traducción de Emily Wilson es genial. Recomiendo buscar los videos de ella leyendo la obra, lo hace con mucha pasión. El libro en sí es muy lindo, aunque los bordes no están bien perfilados.

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 Stephen Wallerstein Sunday, May 11, 2025
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As readable as a novel.

20
 Alejandro Junior Espiritu Pujay Friday, June 26, 2026

Es una version mundana para todo progre sentimentaolide, que todo lo quiere llevar a su epoca actual. Para los filólogos tradicionales y los defensores del rigor académico, la traducción de Wilson efectivamente carece de la seriedad y el respeto que merece el monumento homérico; la ven más como un síntoma de la decadencia de la academia actual que como un verdadero trabajo filológico.

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