tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post963229069768730841..comments2024-03-28T19:17:01.550+13:00Comments on The Imaginary Museum: Car EpicsDr Jack Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-5146048279954219542008-05-23T11:04:00.000+12:002008-05-23T11:04:00.000+12:00The Rock ruuulz!!Here ya go:http://www.amazon.com/...The Rock ruuulz!!<BR/><BR/>Here ya go:<BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-Stephen-Mitchell/dp/1419305409/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1211497308&sr=11-1<BR/><BR/>+ a musical interpretation complete with a satisfied commuter review:<BR/>http://cdbaby.com/cd/tonygarone<BR/><BR/>+ Gilgamesh: A Verse Play, by Yusuf Komunyakaa<BR/>http://www.actorssceneunseen.com/gilgameshcd.aspxby kdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627314289311821265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-56169621755354011782008-05-23T08:50:00.000+12:002008-05-23T08:50:00.000+12:00No kidding involved. If I could find a nice audiob...No kidding involved. If I could find a nice audiobook version of Gilgamesh, I would sure-as-hell be listening to it in the car ...<BR/><BR/>Yeah. The fact is, I still take a rather Romantic view of the Odyssey -- I like the adventurous first half best, all the nymphs and monsters and mayhem. And so do other modern readers, given the emphases of the <EM>selected</EM> audiobook versions. But listening to the Ian McKellen, I began to see how much one misses by taking this approach> The sheer <EM>detail</EM> of the Ithaka section is more like George Eliot than, say, Hesiod. Or <EM>Walking Tall</EM>, for that matter (much though I thrill to the Rock's dramatic craft ...)Dr Jack Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-85753928466571340692008-05-23T05:14:00.000+12:002008-05-23T05:14:00.000+12:00Where's Gilgamesh? Just kidding.Great list!Interes...Where's Gilgamesh? Just kidding.<BR/>Great list!<BR/><BR/>Interesting comment about The Odyssey being too Ithaca-ky. In CLAS 101 we were repeatedly told the theme of the book is 'nostos' -- homecoming (reclaiming property, killing upstarts, testing slave loyalties etc). <BR/><BR/>Those interested in a modern treatment of the theme, see here:<BR/>http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0351977/by kdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627314289311821265noreply@blogger.com