Logue’s Tele-Vision: Reading Homer from a Distance
Logue’s Tele-Vision: Reading Homer from a Distance
This chapter examines Christopher Logue's adaptations of the Iliad as a case-study in mediating the foreignness of Homer for modern, anglophone readers. Although Logue's Homer draws freely on modern technologies, contemporary cultural references, and the full tradition of English literature, the chapter argues that in spite of its distance from Homer, Logue's War Music conveys many of the distinctive features of Homeric epic in equivalent terms, and reflects many of the shifts that took place in Homeric scholarship in the 20th century. However, Logue's relationship with Homeric scholarship (and classical scholarship) is not always harmonious and reveals deep-seated anxieties about popular adaptations usurping the academic prerogative to interpret Homer.
Keywords: Homer, Christopher Logue, War Music, reception, translation, similes, Elizabeth Minchin
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