Digging for the Treasure
Translation After Pound
Published on 31. December 1984
Book
Hardback
XII, 217 pages
978-0-8204-0135-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book reveals just how greatly Ezra Pound has influenced the translation of poetry in the twentieth century. Illustrating with translations from Latin, Old and Middle English, Old Provençal, and Medieval French, Ms. Apter surveys what is new in the work of contemporary translators. She also gathers the scholarship on Pound's challenges to Victorian translation into a single study.
«The translator,» Pound said, «can show where the treasure lies.» Ms. Apter demonstrates that contemporary poet-translators are busy excavating.
«The translator,» Pound said, «can show where the treasure lies.» Ms. Apter demonstrates that contemporary poet-translators are busy excavating.
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Content
Contents: Poetry, modern. Translation, literary - Ezra Pound - Trans- lation of classical and medieval poetry into English - Literary criticism - Comparative literature.