· Memorial. Matthew Arnold praised the Iliad for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since -- but ancient critics praised it for its enargeia, its 'bright unbearable reality' (the word used when Reviews: 1. · A tribute to the Devon river made up of her own and other people's voices, it won the TS Eliot prize. On the face of it, her latest book – an "excavation" of Homer's The Iliad – is not Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Author: Alice Oswald, Book: Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad () in PDF,EPUB. review 1: Having just enjoyed reading Madeline Mil.
Memorial by Alice Oswald - review On the face of it, her latest book - an "excavation" of Homer's The Iliad - is not comparable, except that, like Dart, it is an extended homage. It's a. Book Descriptions: Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad by Alice Oswald To retrieve the Iliad's' energy, Alice Oswald has stripped away its story and her account focuses by turns on Homer's extended similes and on the brief biographies of the minor war-dead, most of whom are little more than names, but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably - and unforgotten - in the copiousness of Homer's. "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.
Author: Alice Oswald, Book: Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad () in PDF,EPUB. review 1: Having just enjoyed reading Madeline Mil. Helen Morse in Memorial. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian. A lice Oswald’s poem, an excavation of Homer’s Iliad, focuses not on its gods and heroes but on the ordinary mortals. In Memorial, her 'excavation' of the Iliad, Alice Oswald has interpreted the wonderful epic poem with emphasis upon its deaths. She begins by writing: 'This is a translation of the Iliad's atmosphere, not its story', and goes on to write a large list of character names who were killed during battle in the original.
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