Against Translation

"We often ask ourselves what gets lost in translation--not just between languages, but in the everyday trade-offs between what we experience and what we are able to say about it. But the ... poems of this collection invite us to consider: what is loss, in translation?"--Back cover.

Summary

"We often ask ourselves what gets lost in translation--not just between languages, but in the everyday trade-offs between what we experience and what we are able to say about it. But the ... poems of this collection invite us to consider: what is loss, in translation?"--Back cover.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Shapiro
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9780226613505
• ISBN: 978-0-226-61350-5
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Phoenix Poets; Phoenix Poets
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets