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Piecing together the fragments : translating classical verse, creating contemporary poetry / Josephine Balmer.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Available online
Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balmer, Josephine.
- Series:
- Classical Presences
- Classical presences
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classical poetry--Translations into English--History and criticism.
- Classical poetry--Criticism, Textual.
- Classical poetry--Translations into English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Balmer examines the art of classical translation from the perspective of the practitioner. From translating classical texts, to her poetry collections inspired by classical literature, she discusses her own relationship with ancient literature and uncovers the various strategies and approaches she has employed in their transformations into English.
- Contents:
- part one. Classical translation and translator statements
- part two. Classical translation and dead languages
- part three. Classical translation and research
- part four. Classical translation and creativity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 21, 2014).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-166543-6
- OCLC:
- 870762882
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