Caricature from Punch, 1881: "Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written "Balder Dead," And also Balder-dash"

On Translating Homer, published in January 1861, was a printed version of the series of public lectures given by Matthew Arnold as Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 3 November 1860 to 18 December 1860. Download high resolution version (556x832, 62 KB)1881 caricature of Matthew Arnold: scanned form Punch, 26 November 1881, page 250 Artwork by Edward Linley Sambourne This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (556x832, 62 KB)1881 caricature of Matthew Arnold: scanned form Punch, 26 November 1881, page 250 Artwork by Edward Linley Sambourne This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ... Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder-dash Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. ... The chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is an unusual, high-profile academic appointment, now normally held for five years. ... The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

Arnold's purpose was to discuss how his principles of literary criticism applied to the two Homeric epics and to the translation of a classical text. He comments with disapproval on John Ruskin's 1860 review article "The English translators of Homer" in the National Review. He gives much space to comparing and criticising already-published translations of the epics, notably Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... The Homère Caetani bust at the Louvre, a 2nd century Roman copy of a 2nd century BC Greek original. ... The epic is a broadly defined genre of poetry, and one of the major forms of narrative literature. ... Upper: Steel-plate engraving of Ruskin as a young man, made circa 1845, scanned from print made circa 1895. ... National Review (NR) is a conservative political magazine founded by author William F. Buckley Jr. ...

• George Chapman’s Odyssey
• Alexander Pope’s Iliad
• William Cowper's Iliad
• Ichabod Charles Wright's Iliad (vol. 1, 1859; vol. 2 was to appear in 1865)
• F. W. Newman's Iliad (1856)

He adds polite comments on William Maginn's Homeric Ballads (which first appeared in Fraser's Magazine, where Arnold intended to publish these lectures). This article is about George Chapman the English literary figure; see George Chapman (murderer) for the Victorian poisoner of the same name. ... Odysseus and Nausicaä - by Charles Gleyre For other uses, see Odyssey (disambiguation). ... Alexander Pope, an English poet best known for his Essay on Criticism and Rape of the Lock Pope, circa 1727. ... The Iliad (Ancient Greek , Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of the two principal ancient Greek epic poems. ... Portrait of William Cowper attributed to Romney. ... Francis William Newman (June 27, 1805 - October 7, 1897), the younger brother of Cardinal Newman, was an English scholar and miscellaneous writer. ... William Maginn (1794‑1842), journalist and miscellaneous writer, born at Cork, became a contributor to Blackwoods Magazine, and after moving to London in 1824 became for a few months the Paris correspondent to The Representative, a paper started by J. Murray, the publisher. ... Frasers Magazine for Town and Country was a general and literary journal. ...

After a discussion of the meters employed by these poets, and in other existing English narrative poetry, he argues the need for a translation of the Iliad in hexameters, like the original. He notes the German translations of the Iliad and Odyssey into hexameters by Johann Heinrich Voss. He quotes English hexameter translations of short Homeric passages by himself and by E. C. Hawtrey and also surveys original English hexameter poetry, including Hexameter is a literary and poetic form, consisting of six metrical feet per line as in the Iliad. ... Johann Heinrich Voß (Voss) (February 20, 1751 – March 29, 1826), German poet and translator, was born at Sommersdorf in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the son of a farmer. ... Edward Craven Hawtrey (May 7, 1789 - January 27, 1862), was an English educationalist. ...

• Arthur Hugh Clough, The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

Arnold reserved much space for the criticism of the recently-published translation of the Iliad into a ballad-like metre by F. W. Newman. Newman took offence at Arnold's public criticism of his translation, and published a reply, Homeric Translation in Theory and Practice To this Arnold in turn responded, with a last lecture, given at Oxford on 30 November 1861, afterwards separately published in March 1862 under the title On Translating Homer: last words. Arthur Hugh Clough (January 1, 1819 – November 13, 1861) was an English poet, and the brother of Anne Jemima Clough. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet who wrote many works that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha, Paul Reveres Ride and Evangeline. ... Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie is a poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Bibliography

• Matthew Arnold, On the classical tradition ed. R. H. Super. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1960. [Text with commentary.]
• F. W. Newman, Homeric Translation in Theory and Practice: a reply to Matthew Arnold, Esq. London, 1861.
• Ichabod Charles Wright, A Letter to the Dean of Canterbury on the Homeric Lectures of Matthew Arnold. London, 1864.
• Ricks, David (1997), "On looking into the first paperback of Pope's Homer", Classics Ireland, vol. 4