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Publication details [#51008]
Bernstein, Neil W. 2022. “Roman, Remember”: translating epic and empire in Virgil's Aeneid. In Baer, Brian James and Michelle Woods, eds. Teaching Literature in Translation: pedagogical contexts and reading practices. London: Routledge. pp. 64–73. URL
Publication type
Chapter in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Title as subject
Abstract
This chapter discusses the relative merits of major translations of Virgil’s Aeneid commonly used in American undergraduate classrooms: those by Fagles, Lombardo, and West. The author uses the famous “Roman, Remember” passage (Aeneid 6.847-853) as a test case. This chapter suggests particular approaches to discussing characteristic Virgilian words in context. Bernstein also examines how the passage was quoted historically and how older translators rendered the passage.
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