Chapman's ironic Homer.(George Chapman)(Critical essay)

College Literature | September 22, 2008| | Copyright

George Chapman's translation of Homers Iliad and Odyssey, the first complete English translation of the Greek poet, pays assiduous attention to what the translator calls the "ironic" and "scoptic" qualities of both poems. This article explores the various motives behind Chapman's eagerness to identify the ironic and scoffing strains of Homeric epic. At times, his ironic reading of Homer helps Chapman to resolve the apparent inconsistencies of the Homeric text; at other times, it helps bolster his critical authority against earlier editors and translators of Homer such as ...

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