Translating the Poetry of the Holocaust: Translation, Style and the Reader

by Jean Boase-Beier

Book Overview

Taking a cognitive approach, this book asks what poetry, and in particular Holocaust poetry, does to the reader - and to what extent the translation of this poetry can have the same effects. It is informed by current theoretical discussion and features many practical examples.

Holocaust poetry differs from other genres of writing about the Holocaust in that it is not so much concerned to document facts as to document feelings and the sense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441178651
• ISBN13: 9781441178657
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"