The Art of Translating Poetry

by Burton Raffel and Burton Raffel

Book Overview

This book by a well-known translator and critic is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the linguistic and other more technical aspects of translating poetry, the second involved with more practice-oriented matters. The chapters in Part One examine the specific constraints of language and the unavoidable linguistic bases of translation; the constraints of specific languages; forms and genres; and prosody and comparative prosody. Part Two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271028696
• ISBN13: 9780271028699
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"