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John Keats' "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer"
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:08:30
Publish Date: 2025-01-29 15:02:40
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As William Shakespeare was putting the final touchers on Hamlet, George Chapman was beginning (arguably) an even more momentous undertaking: introducing the English-speaking world to Homer’s epics. In a turn of historical irony, the fame of Chapman’s translation continues almost solely in and through today’s poem–but there are worse ways to be remembered. Happy reading.



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