A work of tremendous influence that has inspired writers from his ancient Greek contemporaries to modernist writers such as TS Eliot Homer's epic poem The Iliad is translated by Robert Fagles with an introduction & notes by Bernard Knox in Penguin Classics One of the foremost achievements in Western literature Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War At its centre is Achilles the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks & his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus Achilles storms back into battle to take revenge
- although knowing this will ensure his own early death Interwoven with this tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb & flow of battle of the domestic world inside Troy's besieged city of Ilium & of the conflicts between the Gods on Olympus as they argue over the fate of mortals Seven Greek cities claim the honour of being the birthplace of Homer (c 8th-7th century BC) the poet to whom the composition of the Iliad & Odyssey are attributed The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature but the identity
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- of Homer himself is a complete mystery with no reliable biographical information having survived If you enjoyed The Iliad you might like The Odyssey also available in Penguin Classics' An astonishing performance' Peter Levi' Plain & direct noble above all rapid leading the reader forward with an irresistible flow Fagles' version is imbued with humanity' Oliver Taplin The New York Times Book Review' Robert Fagles has given us an Iliad to read aloud eloquent rhythmical & full of power' Jasper Griffin Oxford University


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With an Introduction & Notes by Adam Roberts Royal Holloway University of London The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611) Chapman's translation of Homer's great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of The Iliad In muscular onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles the great warrior & his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy & the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks & Trojans Chapman regarded the translation of this epic & of Homer's Odyssey (also available in Wordsworth Editions) as his life's work & dedicated himself to capturing the 'soul' of the poem Swinburne praised the resulting translation for its romantic & sometimes barbaric grandeur its freshness strength & inexhaustible fire' qualities that reflect the grandeur fire & brutality of the original poem This new edition

Includes:: a critical introduction & extensive notes rendering Chapman's extraordinary poetic masterpiece accessible to modern readers

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Homer's Iliad is the greatest & most influential epic poem ever written telling of the tragic & bloody climax to the ten-year siege of Troy This Penguin Classics edition was originally translated by EV Rieu revised & updated with an introduction & notes by Peter Jones & DCH Rieu One of the foremost achievements in Western literature Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War At its centre is Achilles the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks & his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon But when the Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus he storms back into battle to take revenge
- even though he knows this will ensure his own untimely death Interwoven with this tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb & flow of battle of the domestic world inside Troy's besieged city of Ilium & of the conflicts between the Gods on Olympus as they argue over the fate of mortals EV Rieu's acclaimed translation of The Iliad was one of the first titles published in Penguin Classics & now has classic status itself For this edition Rieu's text has been revised & now a new introduction & notes by Peter Jones complement the original introduction Seven Greek cities claim the honour of being the birthplace of Homer (c 8th-7th century BC) the poet to whom the composition of the Iliad & Odyssey are attributed The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature but the identity
- or even the existence
- of Homer himself is a complete mystery with no reliable biographical information having survived If you enjoyed the Iliad you might like Homer's Odyssey also available in Penguin Classics


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READ THE STORY BEHIND THE NEW BBCNETFLIX EPIC SERIES TROY FALL OF A CITYHigh on Olympus Zeus & the assembled deities look down on the world of men to the city of Troy where a bitter & bloody war has dragged into its tenth year & a quarrel rages between a legendary warrior & his commander Greek ships decay men languish exhausted & behind the walls of Troy a desperate people await the next turn of fate This is the Iliad an ancient story of enduring power; magnetic characters defined by stirring & momentous speeches; a panorama of human lives locked in a heroic struggle beneath a mischievous or indifferent heaven Above all this is a tale of the devastation waste & pity of war Caroline Alexander's virtuoso translation captures the rhythms & energy of Homer's original Greek while making the text as accessible as possible to a modern reader accompanied by extensive extra material to provide a background to the poem The result of 3000 years of story-telling Homer's epic tale of the fall of Troy has resonated with every age & every human conflict this is the Iliad at its most electrifying & vital ...

Key Features Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes & techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical & literary background Modern & historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms ...

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This is Stephen Hawking's updated expanded & illustrated edition of his celebrated work which

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Rudolf Steiner's beautiful meditative verses for the yearly cycle have been used by countless people over the years Their purpose is to awaken a feeling of unity with nature & at the same time to stimulate a discovery of self In listening to the changing language of the year & awakening a profound sympathy for it we can in turn discover our own individual nature Steiner's original & unique meditations facilitate this process leading to a healthy feeling of being at one with the natural world This edition features Anne Stockton's 52 celebrated & evocative paintings which are a wonderful complement to Steiner's text Steiner's words are newly translated for this edition by John Thomson ...

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client Soon afterwards various bizarre incidents unfold in England an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; & the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the ' Master' & his imminent arrival In Dracula Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires & vampire hunters & also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality & desire ...

The middle decades of the twentieth century saw an extraordinary flourishing of the illustrated pictorial dust jacket From the 1920s as the potential for the book&s protective wrapping to be used for promotion & enticement became clear artists & illustrators on both sides of the Atlantic applied their talents to this particular art form Rising to the wide-ranging challenges posed by format & subject matter leading artists & illustrators including John Piper Edward Bawden & John Minton in the UK & Ben Shahn Edward Gorey & George Salter in the USA brought their unique personal vision to bear on the world of books Many of their designs reflect the changing visual styles & motifs of the period including Bloomsbury Art Deco Modernism postwar neo-romanticism & the Kitchen Sink School Martin Salisbury has selected over fifty of the artists & illustrators who were active in the period 1920-1970 in the UK & USA as well as others such as Tove Jansson & Celestino Piatti & discusses their life & work A selection of dust jackets
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- for each artist reveals how far the book as an artefact had travelled from the days of the plain wrapper in the nineteenth century

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