The Wild Sonnets: Wall to Wall | Odyssey Edition
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Hello my friends, Over the last 10 years while writing the Wild Sonnets series, the Homeric hero Odysseus has made an appearance or two. Three actually, and in acknowledgement of the new film by Chris Nolan, it seemed a smooth move to collect and present them in this week's episode of The Wild Sonnets: Wall to Wall. I have not yet seen the new film as it opens today, but the debates are already populating the corners of the internet that concern themselves with film and matters classical. My primary takeaway is that Greek literature has managed to regain some attention in the maelstrom of modern culture, and those who appreciate art are allowing their attention to retrain on work that is nearly 4,000 years old. The one aspect I am reminded of here is that the Athenian dramatists, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, reimagined, rewrote and repositioned the stories of their mythology from what had been originally presented by Hesiod and Homer, and these later became variations worthy and eligible for consideration and comment. The same may be true here. I’ll be back next week on my self-established schedule of Sundays with another episode of The Wild Sonnets: Wall to Wall. Until then, stay wild and stay well. Nicholas Korn
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