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Wrath Of Achilles, The: An Introduction To The Iliad; Quarrel Between Agamemnon And Achilles, The
Part of From the Vault. Part of New Critical Television.
04/21/1958
Based on the 1958 book The Wrath of Achilles, The Iliad of Homer by I.A. Richards. In this first episode, "Professor and Lowell Television Lecturer at Harvard University" I. A. Richards reads from the first book of his abridged translation of the Iliad, The Wrath of Achilles. Richards briefly explains the importance of the epic, his rationale for abridgment, and his selection of images of Greek sculptures to provide "springboards for the imagination" in representing the characters. The primary camera set-up has Richards reading directly to the camera in close-up and medium close-up. A secondary set-up presents Richards and enlarged images of the statues in the same frame. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by John Marx & Mark Cooper.
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- Series
- Wrath Of Achilles, The: An Introduction To The Iliad
- Program
- Quarrel Between Agamemnon And Achilles, The
- Program Number
1
- Series Description
Based on the 1958 book The Wrath of Achilles, The Illiad of Homer by I.A. Richards. Series release date: 1958
- Program Description
Based on the 1958 book The Wrath of Achilles, The Illiad of Homer by I.A. Richards.
- Duration
00:28:50
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Trojan War
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Homer
- Sculpture, Greek
- Iliad
- Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979
- Genres
- Educational
- Topics
- Literature
- Contributors
- Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979 (Host)
- Barlow, Lewis (Producer)
- Publication Information
- Courtesy of Thirteen/WNET New York and WGBH Boston
- Citation
- Chicago: “Wrath Of Achilles, The: An Introduction To The Iliad; Quarrel Between Agamemnon And Achilles, The,” 04/21/1958, GBH Archives, accessed April 19, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_229201A1D40648D19A04081D4ACE701B.
- MLA: “Wrath Of Achilles, The: An Introduction To The Iliad; Quarrel Between Agamemnon And Achilles, The.” 04/21/1958. GBH Archives. Web. April 19, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_229201A1D40648D19A04081D4ACE701B>.
- APA: Wrath Of Achilles, The: An Introduction To The Iliad; Quarrel Between Agamemnon And Achilles, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_229201A1D40648D19A04081D4ACE701B