Hugh Hazelton: The Transcendence of Translation: How the Translated Work Becomes Part of the Other Culture, Even in the Case of Experimental Poetry

Hugh Hazelton: The Transcendence of Translation: How the Translated Work Becomes Part of the Other Culture,  Even in the Case of Experimental Poetry
Virtually all the foundational literature of our culture that comes to us from other languages, including all English literature written before the year 1400, consists of translation. However, most people are so familiar with famous works in translation that they cease to realize that when they read...