Memorial
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ISBN13: 9780393347272
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"The most remarkable and affecting book of poetry I encountered this year."--James Wood, The New Yorker
In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad--the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen--in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and unforgotten in the copious retrospect of Homer's glance. The resulting poem is a war memorial and a profoundly responsive work that gives new voice to Homer's level-voiced version of the world. Through a mix of narrative and musical repetition, the sequence becomes a meditation on the loss of human life.
In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad--the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen--in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and unforgotten in the copious retrospect of Homer's glance. The resulting poem is a war memorial and a profoundly responsive work that gives new voice to Homer's level-voiced version of the world. Through a mix of narrative and musical repetition, the sequence becomes a meditation on the loss of human life.
| ISBN-13 | 9780393347272 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0393347273 |
| Weight | 0.20 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.50 x 0.40 x 8.30 In |
| List Price | $15.95 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 112 pages |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Published On | 2013-11-18 |
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