Full Description
Homer's Iliad & Odyssey, abridged - More than 3,000 years after the fall of Troy, here at last is a rendition of the Homeric epic that everybody can understand and appreciate. The world can't hear Homer speak his own words, but Stanley Lombardo is the next best thing. Reading his own acclaimed (unabridged) translations, Lombardo's insightful rendition takes advantage of the rhythms and other poetic resources of everyday American speech. The result provides cinematic and performance qualities to the time-honored poetry—sharp scene cuts, dynamic language, urgency of the characters (human and divine). His virtuoso performance in these audiobooks reflects years of experience before a wide variety of audiences—beautifully paced, shaped, intoned, and acted throughout.
Contents
Foreword; Growing Up in Neoliberal Times; Identity: A Project of the Self; Research Tools; Beginning Post-School Transitions; Great Expectations; Performing Collective Identities; Spirituality as a Resource; Young People Re-Creating; Children of the Market?; Culturally Intelligible Femininities & Masculinities; Transition Interrupted: Young Mothers; Unfolding Plans; Crafting Identities; References; Index.
