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Horace, The Odes: New Translations by Contemporary Poets
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Paperback. The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. This work aims to bring all 103 odes into English in a series of translations while also illuminating the imagination of one of literary history's towering figures. Editor(s): McClatchy, J. D. Series: Facing Pages. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
They have inspired poets and challenged translators through the centuries. The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when--as has usually been the case--a single translator ventures to maneuver through Horace's infinite variety. Now for the first time, leading poets from America, England, and Ireland have collaborated to bring all 103 odes into English in a series of new translations that dazzle as poems while also illuminating the imagination of one of literary history's towering figures. The thirty-five contemporary poets assembled ... Read more
They have inspired poets and challenged translators through the centuries. The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when--as has usually been the case--a single translator ventures to maneuver through Horace's infinite variety. Now for the first time, leading poets from America, England, and Ireland have collaborated to bring all 103 odes into English in a series of new translations that dazzle as poems while also illuminating the imagination of one of literary history's towering figures. The thirty-five contemporary poets assembled ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Facing Pages
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691119816
SKU
V9780691119816
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About Horace
J. D. McClatchy, Professor of English at Yale University, is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently "Hazmat". The author of two volumes of literary essays and several opera libretti as well, he has edited numerous books, including "The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry". McClatchy has been Editor of "The Yale Review" since 1991.
Reviews for Horace, The Odes: New Translations by Contemporary Poets
"McClatchy's fellow poets have succeeded where many a scholar has failed... The resulting collection is ... a wonderfully varied tribute to the mercurial poet it honors."
Amanda Kolson Hurley, Times Literary Supplement "Many of the 35 poets here are well established
Charles Simic, Robert Bly, Anthony Hecht; others are known as distinguished translators; and the match with Horace tends to put them ... Read more
Amanda Kolson Hurley, Times Literary Supplement "Many of the 35 poets here are well established
Charles Simic, Robert Bly, Anthony Hecht; others are known as distinguished translators; and the match with Horace tends to put them ... Read more