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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Translator extraordinaire Emily Wilson goes deep on everything from proto-YA novels to John Milton. Her latest book is <em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/crossing-the-wine-dark-sea-journeys-through-ancient-literature-9781324099406.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea</a>. </em>Support us<em> </em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/BooksThatMadeMe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on Patreon</a>!</p><br><p>Books That Made Emily Wilson:</p><ul><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/dogsbody-9780142420133.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dogsbody</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/dogsbody-9780142420133.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Diana Wynne Jones</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-aspern-papers-and-other-stories-oxford-world-s-classics-9780199639878.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Aspern Papers</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-aspern-papers-and-other-stories-oxford-world-s-classics-9780199639878.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Henry James</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/paradise-lost-9780192833198.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paradise Lost</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/paradise-lost-9780192833198.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> John Milton</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Also discussed!</p><ul><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/eugene-onegin-a-novel-in-verse-in-two-volumes-9780691018379.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eugene Onegin</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/eugene-onegin-a-novel-in-verse-in-two-volumes-9780691018379.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Alexander Pushkin, Tranlsated by Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><a href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.7208/9780226184821-014/pdf?licenseType=restricted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Problems of Translation: Onegin in English,”</a> Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1955/01/08/on-translating-eugene-onegin?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“On Translating ‘Eugene Onegin,” </a>Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/pale-fire-9780679723424.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pale Fire</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/pale-fire-9780679723424.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/middlemarch-9780679783312.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Middlemarch</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/middlemarch-9780679783312.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> George Eliot</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-wings-of-the-dove-9781593082963.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Wings of the Dove</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-wings-of-the-dove-9781593082963.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Henry James</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/tolstoy-a-biography-9780393321227.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tolstoy: A Biography</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/tolstoy-a-biography-9780393321227.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> A.N. Wilson</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/consider-the-fork-a-history-of-how-we-cook-and-eat-9780465021765.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/consider-the-fork-a-history-of-how-we-cook-and-eat-9780465021765.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Bee Wilson</li><li><em><a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/3414/mocked-death?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton</a></em><a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/3414/mocked-death?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Emily R. 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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p>Translator extraordinaire Emily Wilson goes deep on everything from proto-YA novels to John Milton. Her latest book is <em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/crossing-the-wine-dark-sea-journeys-through-ancient-literature-9781324099406.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea</a>. </em>Support us<em> </em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/BooksThatMadeMe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on Patreon</a>!</p><br><p>Books That Made Emily Wilson:</p><ul><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/dogsbody-9780142420133.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dogsbody</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/dogsbody-9780142420133.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Diana Wynne Jones</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-aspern-papers-and-other-stories-oxford-world-s-classics-9780199639878.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Aspern Papers</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-aspern-papers-and-other-stories-oxford-world-s-classics-9780199639878.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Henry James</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/paradise-lost-9780192833198.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paradise Lost</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/paradise-lost-9780192833198.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> John Milton</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Also discussed!</p><ul><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/eugene-onegin-a-novel-in-verse-in-two-volumes-9780691018379.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eugene Onegin</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/eugene-onegin-a-novel-in-verse-in-two-volumes-9780691018379.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Alexander Pushkin, Tranlsated by Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><a href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.7208/9780226184821-014/pdf?licenseType=restricted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Problems of Translation: Onegin in English,”</a> Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1955/01/08/on-translating-eugene-onegin?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“On Translating ‘Eugene Onegin,” </a>Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/pale-fire-9780679723424.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pale Fire</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/pale-fire-9780679723424.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Vladimir Nabokov</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/middlemarch-9780679783312.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Middlemarch</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/middlemarch-9780679783312.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> George Eliot</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-wings-of-the-dove-9781593082963.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Wings of the Dove</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/the-wings-of-the-dove-9781593082963.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> Henry James</li><li><em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/tolstoy-a-biography-9780393321227.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tolstoy: A Biography</a></em><a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/tolstoy-a-biography-9780393321227.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">,</a> A.N. 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