“Whose Play is it?” Translating Shakespeare Into English

The paper will look at contemporary published versions of the Shakespearean plays which purport to provide “simplified” or “modernized” readings. Gone are Shakespeare’s polysemy and heteroglossia, to be replaced by a single “meaning” of a given line which in effect goes beyond interpretation to con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garry Harrington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2010-12-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/248