âThe crude language of Maga folksâ: Joyce Carol Oates criticises Emily Wilson for criticising Nolanâs Odyssey | TheBriefWire
âThe crude language of Maga folksâ: Joyce Carol Oates criticises Emily Wilson for criticising Nolanâs Odyssey
Published 30 July 2026 ¡ india
The novelist suggested Wilson should have been âa wee bit more thoughtful and respectfulâ towards a film-maker who may have helped her book sales The
The novelist suggested Wilson should have been âa wee bit more thoughtful and respectfulâ towards a film-maker who may have helped her book sales The off-screen drama surrounding Christopher Nolanâs blockbuster version of the Odyssey stepped up a gear overnight, as the novelist Joyce Carol Oates sought to defend the film-maker from an attack by classicist Emily Wilson. Writing on X, Oates took issue with the style as well as the rhetoric of Wilsonâs essay published earlier this week in the London Review of Books, in which the academic, who published a landmark translation of Homerâs epic poem in 2017, wrote that Nolanâs film lacked âpsychological, emotional, political and ethical depthâ and had ânothing convincing to sayâ. Continue reading...
Published: July 30, 2026 ⢠5:00 PM IST ¡ Updated: July 30, 2026 ⢠5:39 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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The novelist suggested Wilson should have been âa wee bit more thoughtful and respectfulâ towards a film-maker who may have helped her book sales The off-screen drama surrounding Christopher Nolanâs blockbuster version of the Odyssey stepped up a gear overnight, as the novelist Joyce Carol Oates sought to defend the film-maker from an attack by classicist Emily Wilson.
Writing on X, Oates took issue with the style as well as the rhetoric of Wilsonâs essay published earlier this week in the London Review of Books, in which the academic, who published a landmark translation of Homerâs epic poem in 2017, wrote that Nolanâs film lacked âpsychological, emotional, political and ethical depthâ and had ânothing convincing to sayâ.
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