Tales of Dionysus : the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis : a group translation
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Author
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Levitan, William, editor.
Lombardo, Stanley, 1943- editor.
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
Lombardo, Stanley, 1943- editor.
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780472038961, 0472038966, 9780472133116, 047213311X
Physical Desc
xvi, 798 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morris County Library - Adult Fiction - World Languages | SPAN FIC GALLEGOS, ROMULO | Available |
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction | 883.01 NON | Available |
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Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Language
English
ISBN
9780472038961, 0472038966, 9780472133116, 047213311X
Notes
General Note
Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 761-768) and index.
Description
Tales of Dionysus is the first English verse translation of one of the most extraordinary poems of the Greek literary tradition, the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis. By any standard, the Dionysiaca is a formidable work. It is by far the longest poem surviving from the classical world, a massive mythological epic stretching to over 20,000 lines, written in the tradition of Homer, using Homer's verse, Homer's language, his narrative turns and motifs, and invoking his ancient Muses. But it is also the last ancient epic to follow a Homeric model, composed so late in fact that it stands as close in time to the Renaissance as it does to archaic Greece. Like its titular hero, Dionysus, with his fluidity of forms, names, and divine incarnations, the poem itself is continually shifting shape. Out of its formal epic frame spills a tumult of ancient literary types: tragedy, elegy, didactic, panegyric, pastoral idyll, and the novel are all parts of this gigantic enterprise, each genre coming to the fore one after the other. Tales of Dionysus brings together forty-two translators from a wide range of backgrounds, with different experiences and different potential relationships to the text of Nonnus' poem. All work in their own styles and with their own individual approaches to the poem, to translation, and to poetic form. This variety turns Tales of Dionysus into a showcase of the multiple possibilities open to classical translation in the contemporary world.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nonnus., Levitan, W., & Lombardo, S. (2022). Tales of Dionysus: the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis : a group translation . University of Michigan Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nonnus, William, Levitan and Stanley Lombardo. 2022. Tales of Dionysus: The Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis : A Group Translation. University of Michigan Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nonnus, William, Levitan and Stanley Lombardo. Tales of Dionysus: The Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis : A Group Translation University of Michigan Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nonnus,, William Levitan, and Stanley Lombardo. Tales of Dionysus: The Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis : A Group Translation University of Michigan Press, 2022.
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