Translating the poetry of the Holocaust : translation, style and the reader / Jean Boase-Beier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boase-Beier, Jean, author.

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Bloomsbury advances in translation

Bloomsbury advances in translation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry--Translating.

Poetry.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.

Poetry--Psychological aspects.

Poetics--History--20th century.

Poetics.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 182 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Summary:

"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 of an experience. It shares the potential of all poetry to have profound effects on the thoughts and feelings of the reader. This book examines how the openness to engagement that Holocaust poetry can engender, achieved through stylistic means, needs to be preserved in translation if the translated poem is to function as a Holocaust poem in any meaningful sense. This is especially true when historical and cultural distance intervenes. The first book of its kind and by a world-renowned scholar and translator, this is required reading"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Holocaust Poetry and Holocaust Poetics 2. Reading Holocaust Poetry in and as Translation 3. Translating Holocaust Poetry 4. Translation and Understanding Bibliography Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9781441178657

1441178651

9781441139528

1441139524

OCLC:

881656090

Publisher Number:

99963201517