Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Book Overview

Lost in an art--the art of translation. Thus, in an elegant anagram (translation = lost in an art), Pulitzer Prize-winning author and pioneering cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter hints at what led him to pen a deep personal homage to the witty sixteenth-century French poet Cl ment Marot."Le ton beau de Marot" literally means "The sweet tone of Marot", but to a French ear it suggests "Le tombeau de Marot"--that is, "The tomb of Marot"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465086454
• ISBN13: 9780465086450
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"