The Cultural Politics of Translation: The Case of Voltaire’s Mérope and Scipione Maffei’s Merope
In 1743, Voltaire writes to Scipione Maffei his intention to translate Merope, a drama the Italian playwright had composed thirty years before and that Voltaire deemed worthy of the French stage due to its treatment of the classic heroine and its adherence to classical norms. However, Voltaire later...
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Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta
2013-04-01
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| Series: | TranscUlturAl |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/tc/index.php/TC/article/view/19212 |