Holderlin and the Dynamics of Translation

Friedrich Holderlin's translations have long been seen as some of the most fascinating ever made, so radical and unconventional that they have altered our ideas of what translation is. Based on a close study of the versions of Pindar and Sophocles, and placing Holderlin's practice in its 18th-century context, this book explores the meaning of translation for Holderlin's work as a whole, devoting particular attention to the poetry. The author draws links between translations, individual poems, essays and Holderlin'a working techniques, and suggests that translation, both as figure and practice, is at the centre of Holderlin's imaginative world.

List of contents

Preface Introduction 1 A Context: Translation in Eighteenth-Century Germany 2 Hölderlin on Translation 3 Homburg: Hölderlin's Poetic Thinking 4 The Pindar Translation 5 Translation and Rewriting 6 The Meanings of Translation.

Product details

• Authors: Charlie Louth, Louth Charlie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9781900755115
• ISBN: 978-1-900755-11-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 15 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 353 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, german, Translation & interpretation, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Translation and interpretation