Men And Gods: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks by Rex Warner (English) Pa

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Edward Gorey's drawings complement this modern retelling of some of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece. Men and Gods is wonderful introduction to these thrilling tales for the uninitiated and the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with them.

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This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner's knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey's inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece.Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly recreates the classic stories of Jason and the Argonauts and Theseus and the Minotaur, among many others, while Gorey's quirky pen-and-ink sketches offer a visual interpretation of these great myths in the understated but brilliantly suggestive style that has gained him admirers throughout the world. These tales cover the range of Greek mythology, including the creation story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the heroic adventures of Perseus, the fall of Icarus, Cupid and Psyche's tale of love, and the tragic history of Oedipus and Thebes. Men and Gods is an essential and delightful book with which to discover some of the key stories of world literature.

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A memorable re-telling of the most beloved myths, featuring illustrations by Edward Gorey.

Author Biography

Rex Warner (1905-1986) was a novelist, translator of Latin and Greek, and scholar of classical literature. A member of the Auden generation, Warner wrote several darkly allegorical novels, most notably The Aerodome, before turning to historical fiction and in 1960 winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his Imperial Caesar. Warner was a translator of Xenophon, Thucydides, Plutarch, Caesar, and St. Augustine as well as the poet and Nobel laureate George Seferis, whom he befriended while acting as Director of the British Institute in Athens in the years immediately following World War II. After teaching literature at Bowdoin and the University of Connecticut, Warner returned to England in the 1970s. Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was born in Chicago. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, spent three years in the army testing poison gas, and attended Harvard College, where he majored in French literature and roomed with the poet Frank O'Hara. In 1953 Gorey published The Unstrung Harp, the first of his many extraordinary illustrated books, which include The Curious Sofa, The Haunted Tea Cosy, and The Epileptic Bicycle. NYRB has published Gorey's illustrated edition of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds and The Haunted Looking Glass, a selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on.

Review

"In first place, the stories are beautiful and satisfying in themselves. In the second place, they have deeply affected our own literature." –Rex Warner"Shakespeare, Shelley, Tennyson and many others got their knowledge of Greek mythology from the often ironical–and always sophisticated–narratives of Ovid…Detail after detail fixes these myths in the memory…The Golden Age of Greece is dim today, but in Gods and Men the golden apples still shine upon the bough." –The New York Times"Rex Warner retells thirty-eight famous myths of ancient Greece that ought to be the intellectual heritage of all the young." –The New York Times"The British critic V. S. Pritchett once described Mr. Warner as 'the only outstanding novelist of ideas whom the decade of ideas produced.'" –The New York Times

Long Description

This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner's knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey's inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece. Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly recreates the classic stories of Jason and the Argonauts and Theseus and the Minotaur, among many others, while Gorey's quirky pen-and-ink sketches offer a visual interpretation of these great myths in the understated but brilliantly suggestive style that has gained him admirers throughout the world. These tales cover the range of Greek mythology, including the creation story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the heroic adventures of Perseus, the fall of Icarus, Cupid and Psyche's tale of love, and the tragic history of Oedipus and Thebes." Men and Gods" is an essential and delightful book with which to discover some of the key stories of world literature.

Review Quote

"In first place, the stories are beautiful and satisfying in themselves. In the second place, they have deeply affected our own literature." Rex Warner "Shakespeare, Shelley, Tennyson and many others got their knowledge of Greek mythology from the often ironicaland always sophisticatednarratives of Ovid…Detail after detail fixes these myths in the memory…The Golden Age of Greece is dim today, but inGods and Menthe golden apples still shine upon the bough." The New York Times "Rex Warner retells thirty-eight famous myths of ancient Greece that ought to be the intellectual heritage of all the young." The New York Times "The British critic V. S. Pritchett once described Mr. Warner as 'the only outstanding novelist of ideas whom the decade of ideas produced.'" The New York Times

Details ISBN1590172639 Author Rex Warner Short Title MEN & GODS Audience Age 9-12 Series New York Review Books Classics Language English Illustrator Edward Gorey ISBN-10 1590172639 ISBN-13 9781590172636 Media Book Year 2008 Subtitle Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1905 Death 2000 Imprint NYRB Classics Edition Main DOI 10.1604/9781590172636 UK Release Date 2008-01-08 AU Release Date 2008-01-08 NZ Release Date 2008-01-08 US Release Date 2008-01-08 Pages 288 Publisher The New York Review of Books, Inc Edition Description Main Format Paperback Publication Date 2008-01-08 DEWEY 398.20938 Illustrations B/W ILLUSTRATIONS Audience General We've got this

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