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Author Walton, J. Michael, 1939-

Title Found in translation : Greek drama in English / J. Michael Walton
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 320 pages)
Contents 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?
Summary 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 fully investigated for the first time, demonstrates how through the ages translators have, wittingly or unwittingly, appropriated Greek plays and made them reflect socio-political concerns of their own era. Chapters are devoted to topics including verse and prose, mask and non-verbal language, stage directions and subtext, and translating the comic. Among the plays discussed as 'case studies' are Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Oedipus tyrannus and Euripides' Medea and Alcestis. This book concludes with a consideration of the boundaries between 'translation' and 'adaptation', followed by an appendix of every translation of Greek tragedy and comedy into English from the 1550s to the present day.--Book jacket flap
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Greek drama -- Translations into English -- History and criticism
Greek drama -- Stage history
DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Greek drama
Übersetzung
Drama
Griechisch.
Englisch.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511282058
0511282052
9780511584534
0511584539
1299398944
9781299398948