On translating Homer, Matthew Arnold
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On translating Homer, Matthew Arnold
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eng
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non fiction
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On translating Homer
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Matthew Arnold
Summary
In this 1861 collection of the lectures he delivered at Oxford the previous year, Arnold finds fault with contemporary translations of Homer by Pope, Chapman, Newman, and others, setting forth his own criteria for successful translation, among which is the adoption of hexameter verse, as well as respect for Homer's cardinal virtues and his "grand style."
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