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Account of Books 16-19 of Homer's "Iliad"
Christopher Logue
ISBN: 9780571152599
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Faber and Faber
Edition: New edition
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Mary Beard, author of It's a Don's Life, has selected ‘War Music’ as one of her favourite books of the decade.
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This is the author's version of Books 16-19 of Homer's "Iliad". Logue is author of "Patrocleia", a rendition of Book 16 of this poem, much praised for its attempt to remain faithful to the essential Greekness of the original, yet draw the characters with clarity and vitality.
"War Music" is Christopher Logue's version of Books 16-19 of Homer's "Iliad". Logue is author of "Patrocleia", a rendition of Book 16 of this poem, much praised by Henry Miller and others for its attempt to remain faithful to the essential Greekness of the old poem, yet draw the characters with clarity and vitality. The author, Christopher Logue, is a poet, playwright, scriptwriter and actor. His collections of poetry include "Songs", "Twelve Cards", "Logue's ABC" and "New Numbers". He is the editor of the following anthologies: "The Children's Book of Comic Verse", "London in Verse", "Sweet and Sour" and "Edible Gold".
| ISBN | 0571152597 | | Pages | 95 | | ISBN13 | 9780571152599
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 113 | | Publisher | Faber and Faber | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Faber and Faber | | Previous ISBN | 9780571169122 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 200 | | Publication date | 21 Nov 1988 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | DEWEY | 821.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC19 | |
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Unlike most fiction poetry bears closer scrutiny and regular rereading. War Music--and the other parts of Logue's redrafting of the epic--not only brings into the present something hitherto locked in the past but uses language in the way creative writing should: it's erudite, challenging, vibrant and unbelievably beautiful. Logue is a genius and condenses more imagery and feeling into a few economic words than many vaunted authors manage in their bloated and undisciplined output. - Simon Forty Write a review
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