Surprised in Translation by Mary Ann Caws - 2006-09-15

University of Chicago Press, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University Of Chicago Press, 2006. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0226098737

New. For Mary Ann Caws--noted translator of surrealist poetry--the most appealing translations are also the oddest; the unexpected, unpredictable, and unmimetic turns that translations take are an endless source of fascination and instruction. Surprised in Translation is a celebration of the occasional and fruitful peculiarity that results from some of the most flavorful translations of well-known authors. These translations, Caws avers, can energize and enliven the voice of the original. In eight elegant chapters Caws reflects on translations that took her by surprise. Caws shows that the elimination of certain passages from the original--in the case of St phane Mallarm translating Tennyson, Ezra Pound interpreting the troubadours, or Virginia Woolf rendered into French by Clara Malraux, Charles Mauron, and Marguerite Yourcenar--often produces a greater and more coherent art. Alternatively, some translations--such as Yves Bonnefoy's translations of Shakespeare, Keats, and Yeats into… Read More

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2006. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 128 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches.