Comedies (The Norton Shakespeare, Based on the Oxford Edition)
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| ISBN | 0393926117 |
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| ISBN | 1465402268 |
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| ISBN | 0872206785 |
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Două steluţe din pricina faptului că am citit poemele în română, iar eu ştiu un lucru: poezia nu se poate traduce! Eminescu este un mare poet doar pentru români; Eminescu tradus în franceză ar semnifica o idee lirică, dar nu ar transmite aceeaşi stare pe care o transmite autohtonilor.
Desigur,...
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| ISBN | 0674637127 |
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| ISBN | 0307743403 |
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| Author | Michael Macrone |
| ISBN | 0517189356 |
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| Author | David Crystal |
| ISBN | 1585677167 |
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| ISBN | 0460878085 |
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| ISBN | 0142437573 |
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| ISBN | 0393925722 |
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