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A Story of the Golden Age

You have heard of Homer, and of the two wonderful poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which bear his name. No one knows whether these poems were composed by Homer, or whether they are the work of many different poets. And, in fact, it matters very little about their authorship. Everybody agrees that they are the grandest poems ever sung or written or read in this world; and yet, how few persons, comparatively, have read them, or know any thing about them except at second-hand! Homer commences his story, not at the beginning, but "in the midst of things;" hence, when one starts out to read the Iliad without having made some special preparation beforehand, he finds it hard to understand, and is tempted, in despair, to stop at the end of the first book. Many people are, therefore, content to admire the great masterpiece of poetry and story-telling simply because others admire it, and not because they have any personal acquaintance with it.

Now, it is not my purpose to give you a "simplified version" of the Iliad or the Odyssey. There are already many such versions; but the best way for you, or any one else, to read Homer, is to read Homer. If you do not understand Greek, you can read him in one of the many English translations. You will find much of the spirit of the original in the translations by Bryant, by Lord Derby, and by old George Chapman, as well as in the admirable prose rendering by Butcher and Lang; but you can get none of it in any so-called simplified version.

My object in writing this "Story of the Golden Age" has been to pave the way, if I dare say it, to an enjoyable reading of Homer, either in translations or in the original. I have taken the various legends relating to the causes of the Trojan war, and, by assuming certain privileges never yet denied to story-tellers, have woven all into one continuous narrative, ending where Homer's story begins. The hero of the Odyssey--a character not always to be admired or commended--is my hero.

E-bok

  • Publicerad: 2017-07-02

  • Språk: Engelska

  • Förlag: anboco

  • ISBN: 9783736418615


Författare:

  • James Baldwin

Format:

  • E-bok

Längd:

  • 172 sidor

Språk:

Engelska


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    James Baldwin (1924-1987) var en amerikansk författare som tillbringade en stor del av sitt vuxna liv i Paris. Hans mest hyllade och kontroversiella böcker, som Gå och förkunna det på bergen (1953) och Giovannis rum (1956), behandlar tydligt rasism och sexualitet. Essän Nästa gång elden (1963) har länge räknats som en av den amerikanska litteraturens starkaste uppgörelse med segregation och förtryck. Vid sin död lämnade Baldwin ett oavslutat manuskript som också var en redogörelse av hans personliga minnen av Medgar Evers, Malcolm X och Martin Luther King. Manuskriptet ligger som grund för Raoul Pecks uppmärksammade dokumentärfilm I Am Not Your Negro (2016).

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