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Found in translation : Greek drama in English /

In considering the practice and theory of translating classical Greek plays into English from a theatrical perspective, this book also addresses the wider issues of transferring any piece of theatre from a source into a target language. The history of translating classical tragedy and comedy, here f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walton, J. Michael, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "Summon the Presbyterians"
  • Finding principles, finding a theory
  • Historical perspectives : Lumley to Lennox
  • Aeschylus and the Agamemnon : gilding the lily
  • Translating the mask : the non-verbal language
  • Sophocles' Oedipus tyrannus : words and concepts
  • Text and subtext : from bad to verse
  • Euripides' Medea and Alcestis : from sex to sentiment
  • The comic tradition
  • Modernising comedy
  • When is a translation not a translation?