Homer's Iliad

by Harold Bloom

'In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes--godlike, yet utterly human--of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own humanity. Time after time, one pauses and re-reads before continuing. Fagles' voice is always that of a poet and scholar of our own age as he conveys the power of Homer. Robert Fagles and Bernard Knox are to be congratulated and praised on this admirable work.

90 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1634

About the author

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "school of resentment" (multiculturalists, feminists, Marxists, and others). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.

Reviews

[Maede · Rating 2 out of 5]

این کتاب راهنمای مطالعه‌ی ایلیاده. در ابتدا تاریخ کتاب رو توضیح میده و بعد خلاصه و تحلیل داستان رو کنار هم در یک متن طولانی میاره که جزئیات زیادی نداره. در آخر هم پانزده مقاله‌ی تحلیلی به نسبت کوتاه داره که بعضی‌هاشون واقعا جالبن و جوانب خاصی از داستان رو بررسی می‌کنند و بعضی‌هاشون فقط اضافه‌گویی هستند

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[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as good as the Bloom Modern Critical Interpretations series, which this book IS NOT - even though it seems to be confused for the same book here on GoodReads