In January and July 2010, Oliver Taplin (Emeritus Professor of Classics and co-founder of the APGRD) sat down with Joshua Billings (Assistant Professor of Classics at Princeton) and Lorna Hardwick (Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Classical Receptions in Late Twentieth Century Drama and Poetry in English project), to record a series of short dialogues exploring the nature of tragedy and translation.
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Oliver Taplin
Part 1: Is there a Core to Translation?
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Part 2: Is there ever a Faithful Translation?
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Lorna Hardwick
Part 3: Can Poetry be Translated?
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Part 4: Who Translates and for Whom?
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Joshua Billings
Part 1: Defining Tragedy
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Part 2: What does Tragedy do for People?
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Oliver Taplin
Part 3: Does Tragedy Teach?
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Part 4: Is Tragedy still Alive?
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