Wednesday, December 12, 2012

On first looking into Whitaker's Homer

so Akhilleus raged with his assegai,
chasing, killing men; the earth ran black with blood.

Richard Whitaker has translated the Iliad into English with a South African inflection and given it a new kind of life. Translation the can be foundation of tradition. Is this the cornerstone of some splendid, new  Southern Edifice?



More to follow . . .

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