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The Odes of Horace Kindle Edition

by David Ferry (Introduction, Translator) Format: Kindle Edition

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David Ferry, the acclaimed poet and translator of Gilgamesh, has made an inspired translation of the complete Odes of Horace, one that conveys the wit, ardor and sublimity of the original with a music of all its own.

The Latin poet Horace is, along with his friend Virgil, the most celebrated of the poets of the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and, with Virgil, the most influential. These marvelously constructed poems with their unswerving clarity of vision and their extraordinary range of tone and emotion have deeply affected the poetry of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Herbert, Dryden, Marvell, Pope, Samuel Johnson, Wordsworth, Frost, Larkin, Auden, and many others, in English and in other languages.

This ebook edition includes only the English language translation of the Odes. As Rosanna Warren noted about Ferry's work in The Threepenny Review, "We finally have an English Horace whose rhythmical subtlety and variety do justice to the Latin poet's own inventiveness, in which emotion rises from the motion of the verse . . . To sense the achievement, one has to read the collection as a whole . . . and they can take one's breath away even as they continue breathing."

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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20 October 2015
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B015WAWMTE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux (20 October 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 394 KB
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Andrew P.

David Ferry does not translate directly, but paraphrases / completely rewrites original poems.

Reviewed in the United States on 14 April 2022

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While I was reading the first few poems in the collection, I was a bit suspicious that the translation diverged from the original prose (there were quite a few cognates in Latin that were not represented in the translation). But Ferry's insertion of ''Ouija Board" in Ode I.11 as a modern day equivalent of "Babylonian calculations" (which according to the translation notes makes it more "viable") among other changes mentioned in the preface make this Ferry's summary, and not an accurate translation of Horace. Ferry goes so far as to claim his misrepresentation of the original meter is due to the "metrical laws and habits" of English vs Latin, which I can only assume means keeping to whatever style Ferry designates appropriate for his audience, and not Horace. Maybe next he will translate Shakespeare from archaic pentameter into something more digestible, ie "A day comes and then | Another day comes and another | Life is here today and gone tomorrow | Out, out brief phone battery". This book is worthwhile if you're looking to read David Ferry with only an echo of Horace paraphrased into formulaic fiction. Otherwise look elsewhere if you want a literal translation of Horace

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Lewis F. Murphy

Brings Horace Back to English Life

Reviewed in the United States on 7 April 2022

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David Ferry's poetry combined with Horace's poetry is moving and timeless. I will read it again and again. I had forgotten most of the Latin I learned in high school but having a bilingual rendering brought back an appreciation for it. Horace made me laugh, made me look at my life differently and made me want to read more of his works. Thanks again Mr. Ferry for this volume.

Mary C. Taylor

This is a wonderful translation of Horace and the book was in fine condition!

Reviewed in the United States on 14 January 2022

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The book was sent on time, was in excellent condition, cover and interior. The translation of Horace by David Ferry is one of the best, if not the very best, and it was a pleasure reading the poems. This is an excellent seller and can be trusted to send items promptly and in good condition.

Dr. J V. Slavin

Horace the Poet of Simple Pleasures.

Reviewed in the United States on 11 January 2018

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Many Latin translations of the classics are stiff with cultural worthiness. But David Ferry's versions are loose, brilliant and vernacular with the translator''s acute sensibility and love of the originals saving them from traversy. A pleasure to read or listen to and the perfect antidote for a bad start to the work day world. "On powerful wings, taking leave of the city,/Taking leave of envy, flying high."

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