We interview Emily Wilson, whose new translation of the Odyssey for Norton was published in November to great acclaim and critical praise. She tells us about some of her choices in the areas of metre, vocabulary, register, and more, and we discuss the very concept of 'choice' in translation, the notion of a 'faithful' translation, the complicated question of heroic women, and 70's blaxpoitation films!
Episode 6: Paddle Your Own Canoe
We play the audio from "Paddle Your Own Canoe" and discuss metaphor, travel narratives, Greek & Roman epic, Star Trek, and Doctor Who.
Show Notes
Paddle Your Own Canoe blog post
Blog post on Spatial Metaphors for Time
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica
Thomas Cole "The Voyage of Life"
Ernst Curtius, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
James Burke, Connections, "Death in the Morning"