Second Finding: A Poetics of Translation

588 Pages·2007·2.692 MB·English

by  Barbara Folkart

Second Finding
Second Finding
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Second Finding
Second Finding
A poetics of translation
barbara folkart
university of ottawa press
ottawa
©University of Ottawa Press 2007
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Folkart,Barbara
Second finding :a poetics of translation / Barbara Folkart.
(Perspectives on translation,ISSN 1487-6396)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13:978-0-7766-0628-6
1.Poetry—Translating. 2.Poetics. I.Title. II.Series.
PN1059.T7F64 2006 418'.02 C2006-905493-2
Published by the University of Ottawa Press,2007
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The University of Ottawa Press acknowledges with gratitude the support extended to its publishing
list by Heritage Canada through its Book Publishing Industry Development Program,by the
Canada Council for the Arts,bythe Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
through its Aid to Scholarly Publications Program,by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council,and by the University of Ottawa.
We also gratefully acknowledge the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa whose
financial support has contributed to the publication of this book.
In memoriam Antoine Berman—
pour témoigner de sa vie-continuante.
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...the beautiful changes
In such kind ways,
Wishing ever to sunder
Things and things’selves for a second finding,to lose
For a moment all that it touches back to wonder.
richard wilbur
—
Ce monde est plus beau qu’une peau de bélier peinte en
rouge! ...grâces,grâces lui soient rendues de n’être pas un
songe!
saint-john perse
—
Die Wörter bekamen eine magische Aura,die es ermöglicht,
zu “psalmodieren,”sich wegzubewegen von dem,was viel-
leicht nur wie ein Wegweiser gelesen werden mußte,um sich
selbst einen Weg zu suchen.
uwe timm
—
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Contents
Contents
foreword
/ xi
acknowledgements
/ xix
one:
Said Writer to Reader / 1
two:
Inventing the Past
Remarks On the Re-enactment of Medieval Poetry / 34
three:
The Valency of Poetic Imagery / 59
four:
Remarks on the Valency of Intertextuality / 83
five:
The Poem as Unit of Invention
Deriving Poetry in English from Apollinaire and Charles d’Orléans / 119
six:
The Poetically Viable Translation
Englishing Saint-John Perse / 141
seven:
Visibility and Viability
The Eye on Its Object / 280
eight:
Authorship,Ownership,Translatorship / 342
nine:
Poetry As Knowing / 413
afterword
/ 442
critical lexicon
/ 447
annex
:
Original and Derived Poems,Translations and Working Translations / 459
bibliography
/ 543
index nominum
/ 555