Finding the Jokes
Catullus: Poems of Love and Hate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23463492 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josephine Balmer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 141-168 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Piecing Together the Fragments (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199585090.003.0008 |
| OpenAlex | W2499834630 |
| ISBN | 9780199585090 |
| Language | EN |
This chapter explores the translation strategies required to translate Roman poet Catullus into English, exploring, in particular, the difficulties of translating long-dead jokes and humour from ancient civilizations. It asks how women translators might approach Catullus’s often violent sexual imagery, examining in particular Josephine Balmer’s Catullus: Poems of Love and Hate (2004), comparing this with versions by male translators such as John Godwin, Peter Green, Guy Lee, and James Michie.
Art · Literature · Love and hate · Poetry · Psychoanalysis · Classical Antiquity Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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