Bob Jamieson
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The #Odyssey Film Review: An Uncomplicated Man by Emily Wilson
“Christopher Nolan, who studied English at University College London – where students still study The Odyssey as a first year ‘foundational text’ – is doing his best to get the general public reading again, and I am grateful.
But…”
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man
Bob Jamieson
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“…when Emily Wilson published her translation of The #Odyssey in 2017, she was subject to what she has described as "misogynist trolling" for her modern wording, among other things.
“I find it quite baffling.
It's people who don't care about the poem, yet when it comes to this culture-war internet discourse, they perform anger about it and a protectiveness of it…”
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260626-why-the-odyssey-has-caused-so-much-controversy
Bob Jamieson
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For those of you who have never read Homer’s The #Odyssey - and those who never want to - but your friends are dragging you to see the three-hour Nolan film:
The #Odyssey Film Review: An Uncomplicated Man by Emily Wilson
“Christopher Nolan, who studied English at University College London – where students still study The Odyssey as a first year ‘foundational text’ – is doing his best to get the general public reading again, and I am grateful.
But…”
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man
“…when Emily Wilson published her translation of The #Odyssey in 2017, she was subject to what she has described as "misogynist trolling" for her modern wording, among other things.
“I find it quite baffling.
It's people who don't care about the poem, yet when it comes to this culture-war internet discourse, they perform anger about it and a protectiveness of it…”
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260626-why-the-odyssey-has-caused-so-much-controversy
Allen but one of the good ones
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For those of you who have never read Homer’s The #Odyssey - and those who never want to - but your friends are dragging you to see the three-hour Nolan film:
Bob Jamieson
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Famed #Odyssey translator Emily Wilson criticizes Nolan Blockbuster film. ‘No sex and the food looks terrible!’
“…but the release of The Odyssey is still an event to celebrate,” she suggests.
“This epic is bringing audiences back to cinemas … translations of Odyssey, including mine, are flying off the shelves … [and] perhaps the film will persuade a few college administrators not to cut their literature, language and history departments.”
Famed #Odyssey translator Emily Wilson criticizes Nolan Blockbuster film. ‘No sex and the food looks terrible!’
“…but the release of The Odyssey is still an event to celebrate,” she suggests.
“This epic is bringing audiences back to cinemas … translations of Odyssey, including mine, are flying off the shelves … [and] perhaps the film will persuade a few college administrators not to cut their literature, language and history departments.”