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Letters: Lost in Shakespearean translation - Philly.com


Letters: Lost in Shakespearean translation
Philly.com
In his commentary decrying the rewriting of Shakespeare ("We trifle and tinker, but his words play on," Sunday), English professor Robert Garnett commits a little bowdlerization himself. He renders the line from Hamlet as, "He smote the sledded poleaxe ...

 

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