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Subject(s)

• Russian poetry—20th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Russian poetry—19th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Russian poetry—Translations—History and criticism [Browse]
• Self-translation [Browse]
• Multilingualism and literature [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Russian literature and theory. [More in this series]
• Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory

Summary note

The Bilingual Muse analyzes the work of seven Russian poets who translated their own poems into English, French, German, or Italian. Investigating the parallel versions of self-translated poetic texts by Vladimir Nabokov, Joseph Brodsky, Andrey Gritsman, Katia Kapovich, Marina Tsvetaeva, Wassily Kandinsky, and Elizaveta Kul’man, Adrian Wanner considers how verbal creativity functions in different languages, the conundrum of translation, and the vagaries of bilingual identities. Wanner argues that the perceived marginality of self-translation stems from a romantic privileging of the mother tongue and the original text. The unprecedented recent dispersion of Russian speakers over three continents has led to the emergence of a new generation of diasporic Russians who provide a more receptive milieu for multilingual creativity.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Introduction "The Trick of Doubling Oneself"
• Elizaveta Kul'man: The Most Polyglot of Russian Poets
• Wassily Kandinsky's Trilingual Poetry
• Marina Tsvetaeva's Self-Translation into French
• Vladimir Nabokov's Dilemma of Self-Translation
• Joseph Brodsky in English
• Self-Translation among Contemporary Russian-American Poets
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

0-8101-4125-6

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