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The Sonnets. Translating and Rewriting Shakespeare.
. Ed(S): Legault, Paul; Cohen, Sharmila
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paperback. Editor(s): Legault, Paul; Cohen, Sharmila. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
The Sonnets, edited by the founding editors of the translation journal Telephone, pairs 154 poet-translators with each of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets-literally rewriting history, or at least the great Bard's poetic oeuvre. This collection of English-to-English "translations" includes work by Rae Armantrout, Mary Jo Bang, Jen Bervin, Paul Celan, Tan Lin, Harryette Mullen, Ron Padgett, Donald Revell, Jerome Rothenberg, Juliana Spahr, and many others. In the tradition of Ezra Pound's Cathay or Jack Spicer's After Lorca, these versions explore the themes of their originals while completely re-authoring them-imagining a new Shakespeare, self-described in his dedication to The Sonnets as:"THE WELL-WISHING. ... Read more
The Sonnets, edited by the founding editors of the translation journal Telephone, pairs 154 poet-translators with each of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets-literally rewriting history, or at least the great Bard's poetic oeuvre. This collection of English-to-English "translations" includes work by Rae Armantrout, Mary Jo Bang, Jen Bervin, Paul Celan, Tan Lin, Harryette Mullen, Ron Padgett, Donald Revell, Jerome Rothenberg, Juliana Spahr, and many others. In the tradition of Ezra Pound's Cathay or Jack Spicer's After Lorca, these versions explore the themes of their originals while completely re-authoring them-imagining a new Shakespeare, self-described in his dedication to The Sonnets as:"THE WELL-WISHING. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nightboat Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781937658076
SKU
V9781937658076
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About . Ed(S): Legault, Paul; Cohen, Sharmila
Sharmila Cohen, a poet and translator, lives between Brooklyn and Berlin. Paul Legault, author of three collections of poems, including The Other Poems, lives in Brooklyn.
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