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Christopher Logue (1926–2011)

Autore di War Music: A Version of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad

46+ opere 1,283 membri 30 recensioni 7 preferito

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(eng) Please note that Count Palmiro Vicarion is a pseudonym of Logue's, and that the combination is not a mistake.

Serie

Opere di Christopher Logue

War Music (1981) — Traduttore — 104 copie
Kings (1991) 97 copie
The Husbands (1994) 65 copie
Ratsmagic (1976) 41 copie
Puss in Boots (1976) 36 copie
Prince Charming: A Memoir (1999) 25 copie
Selected Poems (1996) 22 copie
London in Verse (1982) 12 copie
New Numbers (1969) 11 copie
Ode to the Dodo (1981) 7 copie

Opere correlate

British Poetry Since 1945 (1970) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni167 copie
Emergency Kit (1996) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni108 copie
The Dylan Companion: A Collection of Essential Writing About Bob Dylan (1990) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni96 copie
Jazz poems (Pocket poets) (1963) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
Discovery No. 2 (1953) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
New voices (1959) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Ken Loach at the BBC [DVD] [1965] (2011) — Collaboratore — 5 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Logue, John Christopher
Altri nomi
Vicarion, Count Palmiro (pseudonym)
Data di nascita
1926-11-23
Data di morte
2011-12-02
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
England
UK
Luogo di nascita
Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Luogo di morte
London, England, UK
Luogo di residenza
London, England, UK
Istruzione
Prior Park College
Portsmouth Grammar School
Attività lavorative
poet
screenwriter
novelist
journalist
Relazioni
Hill, Rosemary (wife)
Premi e riconoscimenti
Griffin Poetry Prize (2002)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 2007)
Nota di disambiguazione
Please note that Count Palmiro Vicarion is a pseudonym of Logue's, and that the combination is not a mistake.

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Discussioni

Christopher Logue's War Music in Ancient History (Novembre 2015)

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Ditto review of the new edition; but good to see the earlier form.
 
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Kiramke | 9 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2023 |
Fantastic retelling; incisive, poetic, thoughtful, and I think faithful.
 
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Kiramke | 3 altre recensioni | Jun 27, 2023 |
It turns out that there is, perhaps, such a thing as translation. Logue's control of English verse and deep understanding of Homeric structures, that is, how theme is expressed through form (repeating epithets, but not using the Greek epithets themselves; repeated scenes but not stock hexameters; theophanies that bring the Olympians to life; gore) produces a compelling "account", as he calls it, of parts of Homer's epic. He is ruthless like the blind bard, his iambs are almost silky, he lights up thousand-years-gone traditions with an incandescence that modern readers can see by.

I've long loved Richard Lattimore's translation (yes, yes Fagles and Hughes, too) but they seem to be more trans-scribers of the words, more like taking a picture of the text that ends up being developed in English. Logue, though, Logue finds the heart of Homer and shoves it into your chest. Truly an accomplishment. Onward to All Day Permanent Red and Cold Calls.

Plenty of people have quoted passages from the work, so I'll refrain. You must rush out to get your hands on a copy. Go!
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MaryJeanPhillips | 9 altre recensioni | Jun 22, 2022 |
OK I can't review it because I haven't read it yet, I hadn't heard of it, but I'm ordering it tomorrow. Logue is, in some sense, Odysseus.
 
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AnnKlefstad | 2 altre recensioni | Feb 4, 2022 |

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Utenti
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Voto
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ISBN
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