{"product_id":"modern-italian-poets-translators-of-the-impossible-hardback-9781442646421","title":"Modern Italian Poets; Translators of the Impossible (Hardback) 9781442646421","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern Italian Poets\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTranslators of the Impossible\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJacob Blakesley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442646421\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This excellent book celebrates richness and versatility of a canon within a canon… Blakesley’s command of Italian and of the nuances of the language(s) and form(s) of poetry – as well as his knowledge of the history and development of the Italian literary canon – make him an insightful commentator and a trustworthy guide.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Marco Sonzogni (Translation Studies, January 2015) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;It is certainly a profound study in terms of literary criticism.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Chiara Gaiardoni (Babel vol 62:02:2016) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Blakesley\u0026amp;#x2019;s admirably scholarly endeavour will not only benefit the field of translation studies, but also the study of twentieth-century Italian poetry.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Enrico Minardi (Italica: vol 93:01:2016) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;This is a very significant scholarly achievement, one which brilliantly manages to show the intricate patterns on the other side of the literary carpet.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Nicola Gardini (Modern Language Review vol 112:01:2017)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1948, the poet Eugenio Montale published his \u003cem\u003eQuaderno di traduzioni\u003c\/em\u003e and created an entirely new Italian literary genre, the “translation notebook.” The \u003cem\u003equaderni\u003c\/em\u003e were the work of some of Italy’s foremost poets, and their translation anthologies proved fundamental for their aesthetic and cultural development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eModern Italian Poets \u003c\/em\u003eshows how the new genre shaped the poetic practice of the poet-translators who worked within it, including Giorgio Caproni, Giovanni Giudici, Edoardo Sanguineti, Franco Buffoni, and Nobel Prize-winner Eugenio Montale, displaying how the poet-translators used the \u003cem\u003equaderni\u003c\/em\u003e to hone their poetic techniques, experiment with new poetic metres, and develop new theories of poetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition to detailed analyses of the work of these five authors, the book covers the development of the \u003cem\u003equaderno di traduzioni\u003c\/em\u003e and its relationship to Western theories of translation, such as those of Walter Benjamin and Benedetto Croce. In an appendix, \u003cem\u003eModern Italian Poets\u003c\/em\u003e also provides the first complete list of all translations and \u003cem\u003equaderni di traduzioni\u003c\/em\u003e published by more than 150 Italian poet-translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 – A whirlwind of translation theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 – Eugenio Montale: translation, \u003cem\u003eri-creazioni\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eil quaderno di traduzioni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 – Giorgio Caproni: translation, vibrations, and \u003cem\u003ecompensi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 – Giovanni Giudici: translation, constructive principles, and \u003cem\u003eamor de lonh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 – Edoardo Sanguineti: translation, \u003cem\u003etravestimento\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eforeignization\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 – Franco Buffoni: translation, theory, and the poietic encounter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734358225176,"sku":"9781442646421","price":46.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-italian-poets-translators-of-the-impossible-hardback-9781442646421","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}