The Oxford Book of Verse in English Translation
Author | : Charles Tomlinson |
Publisher | : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1980 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015008791447 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Verse in English Translation written by Charles Tomlinson and published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our vast and often neglected literature of poetic translation is represented in this anthology by some 600 poems or extracts. The choice encompasses many languages, including the Hebrew of the Bible, the Greek of Homer, the Latin of Virgil and Ovid, Persian, French, German, Russian, Italian, Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Irish, and the American Indian, all rendered into English.