Transcendency of conceptual framework: some reflections on the non-translatability of Latin epic poetry
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The essay explores questions related to the intrinsic elusiveness of intertextual dimensions of Latin imperial poety. Starting with the existing Polish translations of imperial epic poets (Lucan, Silius, Statius) it considers the relationship of thir opening verses to the iconic Arma virumque cano… of Virgil’s Aeneid thus unveiling the massive semantic and poetic losses suffered by the target text, as its newfound independence results in the loss of an essential and purposeful connection with the ‘master poem’.
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2016 ◽
Vol 45
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pp. 691-707
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1992 ◽
Vol 73
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pp. 131-141
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