Greek Tragedy in 20th-Century Italian Literature: Translations by Camillo Sbarbaro and Giovanna Bemporad...

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Dr Caterina Paoli (University of Warwick, UK)

Greek Tragedy in 20th-Century Italian Literature

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Translations by Camillo Sbarbaro and Giovanna Bemporad

Dr Caterina Paoli (University of Warwick, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
22 January 2026

Translation & interpretation; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

Focusing on the works of Camillo Sbarbaro and Giovanna Bemporad, this book offers the first in-depth analysis of poetic translations of Greek tragedy in 20th-century Italian poetry. The close examination of the linguistic and ideological diversity embedded in these authors’ works shows how narratives of Greek tragedy shaped their poetic universe, and how their work influenced the Greek paradigm in return. The reader is presented with a textual analysis of Sbarbaro’s and Bemporad’s translations, as well as a discussion of larger cultural patterns.

This volume provides a fresh perspective on the pedagogical commitment of the Italian poets and their roles as translators of classical studies. The web of relationships and historical context in which these authors are placed provide an understanding of their importance for a wider discourse on translation in Italy and Europe in the 1940s. Caterina Paoli’s original analysis of Sbarbaro’s and Bemporad’s poetic translations and her emphasis on their relevance for translation studies, women’s writing and classical reception, fills a significant gap in current scholarship on the translation of ancient literature in the Italian poetic community.

By: Dr Caterina Paoli (University of Warwick UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9781350186484
ISBN 10: 1350186481
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 22 January 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Note on Translations Introduction 1. Poetic Translations in Context: The Reception of Greek Tragedy in the Italian Novecento 2. Parole Precise e Ispirate: Camillo Sbarbaro and the Regenerative Function of Translating Greek Tragedy 3. Giovanna Bemporad’s Early Translations of Greek Tragedy 4. Creative Pedagogy and Poetic Translation: Camillo Sbarbaro’s, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s and Giovanna Bemporad’s Commitment to Education Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Caterina Paoli is an Independent Scholar, UK. She is author of Translating Virgil at Age Sixteen: Giovanna Bemporad’s Bucolics (2022) and is co-editor of The Politics of Translation: Transnational Feminist Approaches in Comparative Critical Studies Volume 20 (forthcoming).