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Albert Bermel

Department KR: A Section of Briefer Comment

Winter 1962

Comment

By Albert Bermel

George Steiner has borne down hard on Robert Lowell’s translation of Phaedra, and I must take issue with him. Mr. Steiner’s criticism submits “that [Robert Lowell’s Phaedra has an unsteady […]

Book Reviews

Winter 1962

Adventures in Translation

By Albert Bermel

The Classic Theatre, Vol. IV edited by Eric Bentley. Contents: The Cid by Corneille, The Misanthrope by Molière, Phaedra by Racine, Turcaret by Lesage, The False Confessions by Marivaux, and […]