Poetry & Translation: The Art of the Impossible

by Peter Robinson

In Poetry & Translation the acclaimed poet and translator Peter Robinson examines the activity as of translation practised by poets and others, and how the various practices of translating have continued in parallel with the writing of original poetry. So, while some attention is paid to classic statements of the translator's cultural role, statements such as Walter Benjamin's, readers should not expect to find formalized theoretical debate along...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846312183
• ISBN13: 9781846312182
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"