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Firing the Canon

Autor Adam Czerniawski
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 ian 2010
A collection of essays predominantly concerned with modern poetry, with problems of translating poetry, and with the relationship between poetry and philosophy. There is also some material dealing with music, the visual arts and religious belief.
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ISBN-13: 9781844714834
ISBN-10: 1844714837
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Salt Publishing

Cuprins

Contents Author's Note Biographical Note I Celebration Polish Poetry in the West, or the Canon That Fired Late Hamlet or Fortinbras? Poetry in the next Millennium II Before and after Babel Translation of Poetry--Theory and Practice The Perils of Self-Translation III Choosing a Favourite Poem or De Amicitia The Poet-Administrator's Farewell In Memoriam Z.H. St Anselm and I: Ontology, Coincidence and the Fortunate Isles Cyprian and Emily A Monologue about a 'Dialogue' A Dutch Master for Our Times? IV Holy Heraclitus The Particular Imagination Theme and Variations: (i) Poetry and Prose (ii) Poetry and Nonsense (iii) Words for Music Perhaps (iv) Art Thou Translated? (v) Poetry and Everything Absurdity and Poetry Where Is the Music? Literary Truths Notes Index of Names

Notă biografică

Adam Czerniawski was born in 1934 in Warsaw. Now lives in Wales. Successively, worked in journalism, taught philosophy, administered The British Centre for Literary Translation at The University of East Anglia and The Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers in Scotland. Publications in Polish include poetry, fiction and essays; publications in English include a memoir Scenes from a disturbed childhood, essays, The Invention of Poetry (translated by Iain Higgins) published by Salt, and translations of Polish poetry, drama and philosophy.