{"product_id":"the-bilingual-muse-selftranslation-among-russian-poets-studies-in-russian-literature-and-theory-9780810141230","title":"The Bilingual Muse SelfTranslation Among Russian Poets Studies in Russian Literature and Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyses 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, Adrian Wanner considers how verbal creativity functions in different languages, the conundrum of translation, and the vagaries of bilingual identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Bilingual Muse\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Adrian Wanner as the leading scholar of Russian literary translingualism. His scintillating study of self-translation by seven disparate poets is attentive to the nuances of prosody as well as issues of cultural and personal identity. Especially luminescent are Wanner’s discussion of the short-lived polyglot prodigy Elizaveta Kul’man, his recuperation of the painter Wassily Kandinsky as a formidable trilingual poet, and his account of why Vladimir Nabokov regarded autotranslation as ‘self-torture.” - Steven G. Kellman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Translingual Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Bilingual Muse\u003c\/i\u003e is illuminating and useful. It is rare and unusual to see the kind of thorough treatment of all levels of language and prosody that Wanner provides.” - Elizabeth Klosty Beaujour, author of \u003ci\u003eAlien Tongues: Bilingual Russian Writers of the “First” Emigration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: “The Trick of Doubling Oneself”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Elizaveta Kul’man: The Most Polyglot of Russian Poets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Wassily Kandinsky’s Trilingual Poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Marina Tsvetaeva’s Self-Translation into French\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Vladimir Nabokov’s Dilemma of Self-Translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Joseph Brodsky in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Self-Translation among Contemporary Russian-American Poets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862991176023,"sku":"9780810141230","price":29.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810141230.jpg?v=1759919305","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bilingual-muse-selftranslation-among-russian-poets-studies-in-russian-literature-and-theory-9780810141230","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}