Shakespeare and the French Poet

Author

Yves Bonnefoy

Original Work

Theatre and Poetry: Shakespeare and Yeats

Translator

John T. Naughton

Editor

John T. Naughton

Foreword / Afterword

John T. Naughton

Language

English

Year

2004

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Pages

283

ISBN

9780226064437

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A meditation on the major plays of Shakespeare and the thorny art of literary translation, Shakespeare and the French Poet contains twelve essays from France's most esteemed critic and preeminent living poet, Yves Bonnefoy. Offering observations on Shakespeare's response to the spiritual crisis of his era as well as compelling insights on the practical and theoretical challenges of verse in translation, Bonnefoy delivers thoughtful, evocative essays penned in his characteristically powerful prose. Translated specifically for an American readership, Shakespeare and the French Poet also features a new interview with Bonnefoy. For Shakespeare scholars, Bonnefoy enthusiasts, and students of literary translation, Shakespeare and the French Poet is a celebration of the global language of poetry and the art of "making someone else's voice live again in one's own."— Google Books