| Susan McLean |
01-30-2013 04:07 PM |
My book of Martial translations
My book of translations of the Latin poet Martial has been accepted for publication by the University of Wisconsin Press. I'll be making the final revisions over the summer (because teaching keeps me too busy to do them during the school year) and the book will come out in late 2013 or early 2014. I have about 470 poems translated, with an introduction, bibliography, and notes. I started the book because of Mike Juster's asking on Eratosphere (in 2002, if I remember correctly) whether anyone would like to try their hand at translating a Martial epigram. Several of us did, and it was so fun that I got hooked and kept doing epigram after epigram until I had enough that I had to consider making a book of them. Once I decided that, I had to consider which poems needed to be included, not just which ones I felt like translating. It has been a long process, but one that I have enjoyed. My thanks to all who have helped along the way.
Susan
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