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Anamnesis: Paul Celan's Translations Of Poetry, Leonard Olschner
Anamnesis: Paul Celan's Translations Of Poetry, Leonard Olschner
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Paul Celan's significance as a poet has long been undisputed, and increasingly outside German-speaking countries, but his translations of poetry have remained at the periphery of critical attention and are only gradually becoming recognized as an integral and indeed major part of his poetry and poetics. The present essay attempts to elucidate specific aspects of the biographical, linguistic, literary and historical background at work in Celan's translating and offers analytic interpretations of texts by Mandel'stam, Apollinaire and Shakespeare in Celan's translation.
Review Essay: Umberto Eco, Art And Beauty In The Middle Ages, Martine P. Rey
Review Essay: Umberto Eco, Art And Beauty In The Middle Ages, Martine P. Rey
Quidditas
Umberto Eco, Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages, trans. Hugh Bredin, Yale University Press, 1986.
R. B. Nielsen's Journey From Aarhus To Dannebrog, Harold Jensen
R. B. Nielsen's Journey From Aarhus To Dannebrog, Harold Jensen
The Bridge
Many years ago, possibly when I was seventeen years of age, my grandfather, Rasmus B. Nielsen (affectionately called R.B.) asked me if I would write the account of his experiences as a young man emigrating from Denmark in 1878, with Dannebrog, Nebraska as his destination and future home. I said I would. We had several sessions at the kitchen table in his home near Nysted by Dannebrog, Nebraska. He sat in his captain's chair, and I in a straight-backed kitchen chair. He dictated in Danish while I jotted down what he said. I filed these notes and for some years …
Review Essay: Philippe Contamine, War In The Middle Ages, K. G. Madison
Review Essay: Philippe Contamine, War In The Middle Ages, K. G. Madison
Quidditas
Philippe Contamine, War in the Middle Ages, trans. Michael Jones, Basil Blackwell, 1984.