The Penguin book of modern verse translation
by George Steiner (Editor)
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This is the first book of its kind. It contains some two hundred and fifty poems by the major English and American poets from Swinburne and Hopkins to Robert Lowell; each poem is a translation of imitation of a work in a foreign tongue. Twenty-two languages are represented in this glittering collection. They range from Hebrew and classical Greek to modern Chinese, from Polish to Korean. Yeats, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, W.H. Auden, Richard Wilbur, James Joyce, F. Scott show more Fitzgerald are included--each a master in his own right, but seen here as the re-creator of another poet's voice. George Steiner believes that ours is the most beautiful period of poetic translation since the Elizabethans. Here is his evidence.--Cover. show lessTags
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Great collection of poetry.
After a short introduction about translations, the book contains a wealth of translated poems. I very much enjoyed the diversity of the poetry which ranges from classic to modern and which are translated from many different languages.
Though of course I did not like all poems, it's a book that has something for everyone. I am deeply impressed with the skill these poets show in their translations, and I have found many poets that are new to me and whose work I would like to explore further.
After a short introduction about translations, the book contains a wealth of translated poems. I very much enjoyed the diversity of the poetry which ranges from classic to modern and which are translated from many different languages.
Though of course I did not like all poems, it's a book that has something for everyone. I am deeply impressed with the skill these poets show in their translations, and I have found many poets that are new to me and whose work I would like to explore further.
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George Steiner was born in 1929 in Paris, but also lived in Vienna and New York. Steiner was a critic, novelist, philosopher, translator, and educator. Currently, he is a professor at Cambridge University and the University of Geneva. He has written for the New Yorker for over thirty years and has published the books No Passion Spent, Errata: An show more Examined Life, and Martin Heidegger: With a New Introduction. George Steiner died in Cambridge, England on February 3, 2020, at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Penguin Poets (D94)
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- Alternate titles
- Poem into Poem: World Poetry in Modern Verse Translation; The Penguin book of modern verse translation
- Original publication date
- 1966
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- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 808.81 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Literature Collections Collections of poetry
- LCC
- PN6101 .S8 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature German Poetry
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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