So much secret labor : James Wright and translation / Anne Wright, Saundra Rose Maley, and Jeffrey Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Anne, 1946- author.

Maley, Saundra, author.

Katz, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry, Modern--20th century--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Poetry, Modern.

Translating and interpreting--United States--History--20th century.

Translating and interpreting.

Wright, James, 1927-1980--Criticism and interpretation.

Wright, James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"A collection that weaves together literary criticism, translation studies, and biography to explore how the art of poetic translation impacted the original poetry of James Wright, including facsimiles of archival material such as notebook pages of Wright's translations in progress, with manuscript notes by Wright and Robert Bly"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface: James Wright and Translations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: James Wright and the Sound of the Human Voice

James Wright Among Other Voices: A Chronology

1. First Translations

2. A Solitary Apprenticeship: The German Poets

3. Selected German Translations

4. A Fine Weave of Voices: Translation, Whitman, and James Wright's New Style

5. Here Is Nourishment: The Spanish Poets

6. Selected Spanish Translations

7. Georg Trakl's "Grodek" Translated by James Wright and Robert Bly: A Portfolio

Afterword

Notes

Sources for Translations

James Wright as Translator: A Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780819501592

081950159X

OCLC:

1496395775