Homeric Hymns by McDonald, Peter

Homeric Hymns (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781784101763)

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Format: Paperback
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Homeric Hymns by McDonald, Peter

Homeric Hymns

$25.99
Homeric Hymns by McDonald, Peter

Homeric Hymns

$25.99
Format: Paperback
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In this unique and finely-wrought collection, award-winning poet and scholar Peter McDonald gives us the first contemporary translation of the Homeric Hymns; a collection of 33 anonymous Ancient Greek hymns celebrating individual gods. From Zeus to Aphrodite, Apollo to Hermes, each hymn tells a story about a particular god, and every poem is a miniature epic in itself. As McDonald explains in his comprehensive introduction, 'Homer without the Hymns is less than Homer', and this translation revives the classic text for the 21st century reader, establishing its rightful place alongside copies of The Iliad and The Odyssey on the desks of students, scholars, and lovers of the classics worldwide.

Author: Peter McDonald
ISBN-10: 1784101761
ISBN-13: 9781784101763
Publisher: Fyfieldbooks
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 1.20d
By Peter McDonald
By Peter McDonald
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Peter McDonald was born and grew up in Belfast. He won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry and an Eric Gregory Award. A University teacher, he is currently Christopher Tower Student and Tutor in Poetry in the English Language at Christ Church, Oxford. A prominent critic of modern and contemporary poetry, he has published a book on Louis MacNeice, a study of Northern Irish poetry entitled Mistaken Identities, and, most recently, Serious Poetry: Form and Authority from Yeats to Hill. He has edited MacNeice's Selected Plays, and is also the editor of the forthcoming new edition of MacNeice's Collected Poems.

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