War Music
An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad
1997
240 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2003
In his brilliant rendering of eight books of Homer's Iliad, Logue here retells some of the most evocative episodes of the war classic, including the death of Patroclus and Achilles's fateful return to battle, that sealed the doom of Troy. Compulsively readable, Logue's poetry flies off the page, and his compelling descriptions of the horrors of war have a surreal, dreamlike quality that has been compared to the films of Kurosawa. Retaining the great poem's story line but rewriting every incident, Logue brings the Trojan War to life for modern audiences.
"A work of great virtuosity, something completely original in style and stance. . . . It is the perfect introduction to Homer, faithful in tone and spirit to the essential Greekness of the old poem."—Lawrence Durrell, London Magazine
"The best translation of Homer since Pope's. . . . Logue is brilliant at finding just the right equivalents for Homer in our repertoire of poetic wonders."
"The careful reader may notice the care of Logue's line endings, the shy hum of his iambic pentameter, the lovely repetition of 'sigh' and the complex imbrication of sighing sounds. It is through such care that Homer is so triumphantly renewed for our age."
"Formidably penetrating. . . . At its finest, the result verges on genius."—George Steiner, Sunday Times (UK)
Contents
Author's Note
Introduction by Garry Wills
Kings
The Husbands
War Music
Patrocleia
GBH
Pax
Introduction by Garry Wills
Kings
The Husbands
War Music
Patrocleia
GBH
Pax
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