The Iliad

Homer, Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)

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02 September 2024

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Poetry

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"When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was ""fresh, unpretentious and lean"" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)-critics lauded it as ""a revelation"" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and ""a cultural landmark"" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other great epic-the most revered war poem of all time.

The Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished cries of dying men. It sings, too, of the sublime magnitude of the world-the fierce beauty of nature and the gods' grand schemes beyond the ken of mortals. In Wilson's hands, this thrilling, magical, and often horrifying tale now gallops at a pace befitting its legendary battle scenes, in crisp but resonant language that evokes the poem's deep pathos and reveals palpably real, even ""complicated,"" characters-both human and divine.

The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation."

By: Homer
Translated by: Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 841g
ISBN: 9781324076148
ISBN 10: 1324076143
Pages: 848
Publication Date: 02 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance and early modern scholarship, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. In addition to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca. She lives in Philadelphia.

Reviews for The Iliad

"""Emily Wilson’s translation of the Iliad brings Homer’s great war story to rousing new life….propulsive….buoyant and expressive."" -- Natalie Haynes - New York Times Book Review ""Readable, relevant and from the heart, this is the Iliad we have all been waiting for, whether we knew it or not."" -- Naoíse Mac Sweeney - Washington Post ""Masterful…A bloody tale of ancient war and grief comes to vibrant life in modern-day English. Wilson has again presented a Homer that sings."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"