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Homophonic translations create poems that foreground the sound of the original more than the lexical meaning: sound-alike poems or “sound writing.” This essay presents a dizzying number of examples of sound mimesis as a way to explore the poetics of sound and the politics of translation. Covering modernists (such as Pound, Bunting, and Khelbnikov) and contemporaries (such as David Melnick and Caroline Bergvall), the Bernstein also addresses homophonics in popular culture including an extended discussion of TV comedian Sid Caear’s “double talking.” The essay raises a thorny question: Are homophonic poems a form of cultural appropriation or a form of transnationalism?

Doubletalking the Homophonic Sublime: Comedy, Appropriation, and the Sounds of One Hand Clapping

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Homophonic translations create poems that foreground the sound of the original more than the lexical meaning: sound-alike poems or “sound... Read more

    Publisher: Station Hill Press,U.S.
    Publication Date: 06/09/2021
    ISBN13: 9781581771947, 978-1581771947
    ISBN10: 1581771940

    Number of Pages: 80

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    Homophonic translations create poems that foreground the sound of the original more than the lexical meaning: sound-alike poems or “sound writing.” This essay presents a dizzying number of examples of sound mimesis as a way to explore the poetics of sound and the politics of translation. Covering modernists (such as Pound, Bunting, and Khelbnikov) and contemporaries (such as David Melnick and Caroline Bergvall), the Bernstein also addresses homophonics in popular culture including an extended discussion of TV comedian Sid Caear’s “double talking.” The essay raises a thorny question: Are homophonic poems a form of cultural appropriation or a form of transnationalism?

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