In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid
by Penelope Lively
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Illustrations and text provide a retelling of Virgil's epic poem "The Aeneid".Tags
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This illustrated retelling of the Aeneid for middle readers also works as a review/summary for adults. It would be easy enough to picture the action without the illustrations thanks to Penelope Lively's descriptive language. Ian Andrew's color pencil illustrations have an impressionistic feel. The text and the illustrations could each stand on their own, but they don't mesh as well as they should. Some of the text details are either different or missing in the illustrations. The map and the pronunciation guide are both useful. I would have liked a character glossary as well.
A children's version of Virgil's The Aeneid. I picked up this book, because I want to listen to The Aeneid (after Lars' intersting review!)and I thought this would be a good quick overview of the story. Similar to The Iliad and The Odyssey, it is an epic story of how the Greek gods are beings with supernatural powers, but the jealousies and emotions of mere mortals. This book is the story of how the Trojans are fated to flee after their defeat in the Trojan War and start a new nation in Rome. However, due to the intervention of the gods, their path is filled with treachery and war. I was looking for a 'Cliff Notes' summary of The Aeneid, but this book ended up being so much more. The story line was interesting and the interpretation was show more very readable. What made this really fun were the great illustrations. Ok, now I'm ready for The Aeneid. show less
Z thought this was "amazing." Third in the current spate of Odyssey, Illiad and now Aeneid retellings. Personally, I didn't love the treatment - both in terms of illustration or in the less-than-poetic storytelling. But for young-ish kids who can't get enough of Classical Lit, it fits the bill. Plus, the map of Aeneas' journey was pretty darn cool.
This is the retelling of the Odyssey - in Roman mythology/history versus the Odyssey which is Greek mythology/history. If you have read Black Ships Before Troy and The Wanderings of Odysseus then this is simply the Roman version of those stories - mostly The Wanderings of Odysseus. Beautiful artwork.
Adaptación del texto clásico de Virgilio.
Feb 15, 2017Spanish
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Penelope Lively has written over 18 books for children, and over 15 titles for adults, distinguishing herself on both levels. Among the awards she has received are the coveted Booker Prize for the adult novel "Moon Tiger" (1987) and the Carnegie Medal for the highly acclaimed juvenile work, "The Ghost of Thomas Kempe" (1973). In Lively's writing, show more for both adults and children, the recurrent theme is interpreting the past through exploring the function of memory. "My particular preoccupation as a writer is with memory. Both with memory in the historical sense and memory in the personal sense." Beginning her writing career in the early 1970's, Lively wrote exclusively for children for over a decade. Because children have limited memories, devices were used to explore their perceptions of the past, such as ghosts in "Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories" (1985), and a sampler in "A Stitch in Time' (1976). Lively's first adult novel, "The Road to Lichfield" (1977) was the result of turning to an older audience when she felt inspiration running out. Her adult novels include "Passing On" (1995), the story of a mother's legacy to her children and 'Oleander, Jacarandi: A Childhood Perceived' (1994) which is a memoir of Lively's childhood. Penelope (Low) Lively, born March 17, 1933 in Cairo, Egypt, had a most unusual childhood. She grew up in Cairo with no formal education until age 12, when her family put her in boarding school in England. After earning a B.A. in history at Oxford in 1955, she married Jack Lively, a university professor, whom she calls her most useful critic. They have a son and a daughter, Adam and Josephine. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 2001
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- Tween, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 398.2093702 — Society, government, & culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography Folklore of the ancient world Folklore of Ancient Rome
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- BL820 .A34 .L58 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions European. Occidental Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman)
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