Sunday, 18 September 2011

Some thoughts on translating sonnets into English from Germanic languages

I have tried to put down some general thoughts about this, using Natur und Kunst by Goethe as an example. For the .pdf file, go to here

To see how 16th sonneteers translated/mutated Petrarch, there are examples of sonnets by Wyatt, Surrey and Sir Philip Sydney here

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