They have inspired poets and challenged translators through the
centuries. The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry
in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of
technique have often proved elusive, especially when--as has
usually been the case--a single translator ventures to maneuver
through Horace's infinite variety. Now for the first time, leading
poets from America, England, and Ireland have collaborated to bring
all 103 odes into English in a series of new translations that
dazzle as poems while also illuminating the imagination of one of
literary history's towering figures.
The thirty-five contemporary poets assembled in this outstanding
volume include nine winners of the Pulitzer prize for poetry as
well as four former Poet Laureates. Their translations, while
faithful to the Latin, elegantly dramatize how the poets, each in
his or her own way, have engaged Horace in a spirited encounter
across time.
Each of the odes now has a distinct voice, and Horace's poetic
achievement has at last been revealed in all its mercurial majesty.
In his introduction, J. D. McClatchy, the volume's editor and one
of the translators, reflects on the meaning of Horace through the
ages and relates how a poet who began as a cynical satirist went on
to write the odes. For the connoisseur, the original texts appear
on facing pages allowing Horace's ingenuity to be fully
appreciated. For the general reader, these new translations--all of
them commissioned for this book--will be an exhilarating tour of
the best poets writing today and of the work of Horace, long
obscured and now freshly minted.
The contributors are Robert Bly, Eavan Boland, Robert Creeley,
Dick Davis, Mark Doty, Alice Fulton, Debora Greger, Linda
Gregerson, Rachel Hadas, Donald Hall, Robert Hass, Anthony Hecht,
Daryl Hine, John Hollander, Richard Howard, John Kinsella, Carolyn
Kizer, James Lasdun, J. D. McClatchy, Heather McHugh, W. S. Mervin,
Paul Muldoon, Carl Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Marie Ponsot, Charles
Simic, Mark Strand, Charles Tomlinson, Ellen Bryantr Voigt, David
Wagoner, Rosanna Warren, Richard Wilbur, C. K. Williams, Charles
Wright, and Stephen Yenser.
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