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The Double Tongue

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Author : William Golding
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2013-03-21

The Double Tongue written by William Golding and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-21 with Fiction categories.

With an introduction by Meg Rosoff William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece. The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her Delphic role. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her belief in him seem to move in parallel with the decline of the god himself - but things are more complicated than they appear. 'A remarkable work ... A compelling storyteller as well as a clear-eyed philosopher of the dangerous puzzles of being human.' The Times 'A wonderful central character. The story stretches out as clean and dry and clear as the beach in Lord of the Flies.' Independent 'Feline, deadpan and at moments hilarious.' Observer

The Double Tongue

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Author : William Golding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

The Double Tongue written by William Golding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Delphian oracle categories.

An aged prophetess at Delphi, the most sacred in ancient Greece, looks back over her life in the Pythia, the First Lady and voice of the god Apollo. The Nobel Prizewinning last novel, left in draft form at his death in 1993.

The Double Tongue

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Author : William Golding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-01-06

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Meet the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece in this transporting tale of the classical world by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Bettany Hughes. Did I believe in what I was doing? Or rather, since I was doing nothing, did I believe in what someone, something was doing to me? It begins with the half-burnt fish, miraculously restored to life, and the healing of the ill child. Young Arieka is an unloved misfit, but as rumours of her spiritual powers reach the High Priest of Apollo, her life is transformed. She is taken to Delphi to become a Pythia: a mouthpiece for the god Apollo, an oracle uttering riddling prophecies from a smoky cave to frenzied crowds. But when this role is dramatically thrust upon her, the priestess must navigate political conspiracy and the threat of the Romans to preserve her belief - and sanity. 'A remarkable work ... A compelling storyteller as well as a clear-eyed philosopher of the dangerous puzzles of being human.' The Timesx 'A marvellously apt surprise ... Will excite, tantalize and enthral Golding devotees.' Sunday Times 'Most brilliantly and hair-raisingly evoked.' Sunday Telegraph 'A wonderful central character. The story stretches out as clean and dry and clear as the beach in Lord of the Flies.' Independent

The Double Tongue

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Author : Monica Legazpi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

The Double Tongue written by Monica Legazpi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Translating and interpreting categories.

There S A Double Tongue

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Author : Dirk Delabastita
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 1993

There S A Double Tongue written by Dirk Delabastita and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Oversættelse categories.

The pun is as old as Babel, and inveterate punsters like Shakespeare clearly never lacked translators. This book critically examines the evergreen cliché that wordplay defies translation, replacing it by a theory and a case study that aim to come to grips with the reality of wordplay and its translation. What are the possible modes of wordplay translation? What are the various, sometimes conflicting constraints prompting translators in certain situations to go for one strategy rather than another? Ample illustration is provided from Hamlet and other Shakespearean texts and several Dutch, French, and German renderings. The study exemplifies how theory can usefully be integrated into a description-oriented approach to translation. Much of the argument also rests on the definition of wordplay as an open-ended and historically variable category. The book's concerns range from the linguistic and textual properties of Shakespeare's punning and its translation to matters of historical poetics and ideology. Its straightforward approach shows that discourse about wordplay doesn't need to rely on stylistic bravura or abstract speculation. The book is concluded by an anthology of the puns in Hamlet, including a brief semantic analysis of each and a generous selection of diverse translations.