1st Edition
A Sociological Approach to Poetry Translation Modern European Poet-Translators
By Jacob S. D. Blakesley
Copyright 2019
272 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
102 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
102 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume provides an in-depth comparative study of translation practices and the role of the poet-translator across different countries and in so doing, demonstrates the need for poetry translation to be extended beyond close reading and situated in context. Drawing on a corpus composed of data from national library catalogues and Worldcat, the book examines translation practices of... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Comparing English, French, and Italian Poet-Translators
3. English-Language Poet-Translators
4. French-Language Poet-Translators
5. Italian-Language Poet Translators
6. Three Case Studies: Tony Harrison, Jacques Ancet, and Maurizio Cucchi
7. Conclusion
Appendices
Biography
Jacob S. D. Blakesley is a University Academic Fellow in World Literatures at the University of Leeds, where he is Co-Director of the Leeds Centre for Dante Studies. His previous monograph was Modern Italian Poets: Translators of the Impossible (2014). He recently edited Sociologies of Poetry Translation: Emerging Perspectives (2018).
