TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arnold,Matthew
AU  - Newman,Francis William
TI  - On Translating Homer
AV  - PA 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Homer -- Translations into English -- History and criticism
KW  - Greek language -- Translating into English
KW  - Translating and interpreting -- England
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Translating_Homer; Release date is 2021-05-19; On translating Homer, by M. Arnold -- Homeric translation in theory and practice. A reply to Matthew Arnold, by F.W. Newman -- A reply to Francis W. Newman, by M. Arnold; E-text prepared by deaurider, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org); Original publication data not identified
N2  - "On Translating Homer" by Matthew Arnold and Francis William Newman is a series of lectures and responses published between 1861-1862. Arnold's original lectures establish principles for translating Homer's epics, critiquing existing translations and identifying four essential Homeric qualities: rapidity, directness in expression, directness in thought, and nobility. His pointed criticism of Newman's ballad-style translation sparked a public debate, with Newman defending his approach and Arnold issuing a final rebuttal, creating a fascinating clash over literary translation theory. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65381
ER  -