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The Sonnets, edited by the founding editors of the translation journal Telephone, pairs 154 poet-translators with each of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets-literally rewriting history, or at least the great Bard's poetic oeuvre. This collection of English-to-English "translations" includes work by Rae Armantrout, Mary Jo Bang, Jen Bervin, Paul Celan, Tan Lin, Harryette Mullen, Ron Padgett, Donald Revell, Jerome Rothenberg, Juliana Spahr, and many others. In the tradition of Ezra Pound's Cathay or Jack Spicer's After Lorca, these versions explore the themes of their originals while completely re-authoring them-imagining a new Shakespeare, self-described in his dedication to The Sonnets as:"THE WELL-WISHING. ADVENTURER ... SETTING FORTH."

The Sonnets

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    A Paperback / softback by Paul Legault, Sharmila Cohen

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      Publisher: Nightboat Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9781937658076, 978-1937658076
      ISBN10: 1937658074

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Sonnets, edited by the founding editors of the translation journal Telephone, pairs 154 poet-translators with each of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets-literally rewriting history, or at least the great Bard's poetic oeuvre. This collection of English-to-English "translations" includes work by Rae Armantrout, Mary Jo Bang, Jen Bervin, Paul Celan, Tan Lin, Harryette Mullen, Ron Padgett, Donald Revell, Jerome Rothenberg, Juliana Spahr, and many others. In the tradition of Ezra Pound's Cathay or Jack Spicer's After Lorca, these versions explore the themes of their originals while completely re-authoring them-imagining a new Shakespeare, self-described in his dedication to The Sonnets as:"THE WELL-WISHING. ADVENTURER ... SETTING FORTH."

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