Ever since Odysseus heard tales of his own exploits being retold among strangers, audiences and readers have been alive to the complications and questions arising from the translation of myth. How are myths taken and carried over into new languages, new civilizations, or new media? An international group of scholars is gathered in this volume to present diverse but connected case studies which address the artistic and political implications of the changing condition of myth this most primal and malleable of forms. Translation is treated broadly to encompass not only literary translation, but...
Ever since Odysseus heard tales of his own exploits being retold among strangers, audiences and readers have been alive to the complications and quest...