Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation, Paperback/William H. Gass
Descriere
After nearly a lifetime of reading Rilke in English translation, William H. Gass undertook the task of translating Rilke's writing himself, in order to see if he could, in that way, get closer to the work he so deeply admired. Gass examines the genesis of the ideas that inform the Elegies and discusses previous translations, while writing, in his inimitable style, about Rilke the man: his character, his relationships, his life. Finally, Gass's own extraordinary translation of the Duino Elegies offers us the experience of reading Rilke with a new and fuller understanding.
Despre autor
William Howard Gass a fost un romancier american, scriitor de nuvele și povestiri, eseist, critic și profesor de filosofie. A scris trei romane, trei culegeri de nuvele și povestiri, o culegere de nuvelete și șapte volume de eseuri, dintre care trei au câștigat Premiul Cercului Național al Criticilor de Carte, iar unul dintre ele, A Temple of Texts (2006), a câștigat Premiul Truman Capote pentru Critică Literară.