Bayard Taylor's Translation of Goethe's Faust / Juliana Haskell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haskell, Juliana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1908]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Analyzes Bayard Taylor's use of a rigid theory of translation in translating Goethe's Faust. It explores whether or not the translation is poetry, if it does the work of poetry compared to the traditions of English verse, and how much of Goethe's poetry had to be sacrificed in adhering to Taylor's theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Note

Preface

Contents

Introduction

I. Taylor's Equipment for his Task

II. Concerning Bayard Taylor's Theory of Translation

III. The English of Taylor's Translation

IV. Concerning the Poetic Worth of Taylor's Translation

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231878821

0231878826

OCLC:

1100429548