Title
Testament: Anthology of Romanian Verse
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
12-2016
Edition
American Edition
ISBN
9780995350205
Embargo Period
1-10-2017
ANZSRC / FoR Code
200509 Central and Eastern European Literature (incl. Russian)| 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
Reportable Items (HERDC/ERA)
A4
Peer Review
Before publication
Abstract
This English-only edition of Testament continues the creative experiment of translation which underpins the research team & research into the process of poetry translation. An expansion of the poems covered lifts this volume from 120 poems to more than 150.
The volume it is geared to the North American continent, and it is monolingual, in English only, to compare and contrast with previous editions.
There are some 30 new poets included in this new volume, while 9 poets from the bilingual editions have been eliminated, in consultation with various critics and literary figures living in the USA. Some poets, considered influential by significant scholars, who were represented with just one poem in previous editions had a second poem added to this Version.
This American edition better represents bilingual Romanian poets resident in North America who also write in Romanian and who, mostly, did not get a chance to get published and become well known in Romania. It also adds poets from the Republic of Moldova, and a couple from France, as well as some important contemporary poets previously overlooked.
Recommended Citation
Ionita, D., Foster, E., Reynaud, D., & Bews, R. (Eds.). (2016). Testament: Anthology of Romanian verse (American ed.). Sydney, Australia: Australian-Romanian Academy for Culture.
Comments
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Copyright © 2016 Daniel Ionita
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