Author: HARDWICK, LORNA
Title: Translating Words, Translating Cultures
Description: London, Duckworth Publishers, 2000. 159 pp. Writing on fly-leaf. Else fine.Paperback. Never have there been so many different types of translations of Greek and Latin literature into English. Most people experience Homer and Greek tragedy for the first time through translations. New versions of Vergil and Ovid have become best sellers. This book examines the literary and cultural environment underlying the various kinds of translation - from 'faithful' and 'equivalent' through 'imitation' to 'adaptation' and 'version' - discussing the extent to which translations have been regarded as creative work in their own right and their impact in the work of modern writers such as Harrison, Heaney, Hughes and Walcott. ISBN: 9780715629123

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