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2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing--the text, nothing more!,
By A Reader (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Odyssey of Homer: As Translated from the Greek by Alexander Pope (Paperback)
How frustrating that Wildside Press didn't include more with their complete text of Pope's translation. Not only is there no mention of Fenton and Broome, the two men who actually translated 12 of the 24 books--not only are none of Broome's notes included, but there is no annotation whatever, no bibliography of recommended further reading, no criticism, not even a decent history of the translation or of Pope himself, aside from a single reductive paragraph by Theodore Alois Buckley (who edited the text and wrote the rather flowery introduction--in fact there isn't even a date for the introduction--it's Victorian but Wildside doesn't make that clear). Even the back cover is misleading, attributing a Samuel Johnson quote to the Odyssey, when it referred explicitly to the Iliad. Finally, there is no line-numbering, so this edition would be difficult to teach or reference in a paper. Not a scholarly edition.
3.0 out of 5 stars
There are 2 Wildside editions,
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This review is from: The Odyssey of Homer: As Translated from the Greek by Alexander Pope (Paperback)
For a scholarly edition with all the notes by Theodore Alois Buckley, see Wildside's other edition, ISBN 978-1-4344-6138-4 (The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope.) This edition is meant for casual reading.
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The Odyssey of Homer: As Translated from the Greek by Alexander Pope by Homer (Paperback - February 4, 2003)
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