Letter (Astounding, February 1939): A Question for Readers: If the People of "Hunger Death" Had Been Represented as Speaking Differently, Wouldn't That Have Been Even More Artificial? They Would SPeak the Common Language of Their Time, But That Would Need Positive Translation for Modern Ears. In Representing Cæsar's Speech, Would You Give Him an Italian Accent?

From Author Wars - https://authorwars.com/books/letter-astounding-february-1939-a-question-for-readers-if-the-people-of-hunger-death-had-been-repres-2091884.html

Overview:

Title: Letter (Astounding, February 1939): A Question for Readers: If the People of "Hunger Death" Had Been Represented as Speaking Differently, Wouldn't That Have Been Even More Artificial? They Would SPeak the Common Language of Their Time, But That Would Need Positive Translation for Modern Ears. In Representing Cæsar's Speech, Would You Give Him an Italian Accent?
Author: Allan Ingvald Benson
Year: 1939
Type: Essays

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1939 (Unknown, Allan Ingvald Benson, Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.20, 164 pages, pulp, MAGAZINE)

This text has been adapted from the Letter (Astounding, February 1939): A Question for Readers: If the People of "Hunger Death" Had Been Represented as Speaking Differently, Wouldn't That Have Been Even More Artificial? They Would SPeak the Common Language of Their Time, But That Would Need Positive Translation for Modern Ears. In Representing Cæsar's Speech, Would You Give Him an Italian Accent? entry at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database and is available under a Creative Commons License. The ISFDB does not endorse or sponsor this use.