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Turning tides : modern Dutch & Flemish verse in English versions by Irish poets / edited by Peter Van de Kamp.

By: Van de Kamp, Peter, 1956-.
Contributor(s): Van Meurs, Frank.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Brownsville : Story Line Press Inc., 1994Description: 432p + pbk.ISBN: 0934257701; 9780934257701.Subject(s): Dutch poetry -- 19th century | Dutch poetry -- 20th century | Dutch poetry -- Translations into English | Literary studies: general | Flemish poetry -- 19th century | Flemish poetry -- 20th century | Flemish poetry -- Translations into EnglishDDC classification: 839.32 VAN
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A unique and magical bilingual anthology of 20th-century Dutch and Flemish poetry as translated into English versions by the foremost Irish poets of our time. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Introduction by Professor Theo D'Haen.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-372).

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Publishers Weekly Review

The result of a seminar on translation theory taught by van de Kamp at Leiden University, this odd but compelling (and massive) collection transforms Dutch poems into English written with a heavy brogue. The editor, who is Dutch but has taught in Ireland since 1981, selected Dutch and Flemish poetry of the last 150 years, translated it literally, then passed it on to his Irish contributors-Seamus Heaney, Medbh McGuckian and 20 others-who refashioned the lines into what van de Kamp calls ``versions'' rather than translations, ``recreating it in the cultural context of the target language.'' From the pre-World War I era comes the exuberant ``Ode to Singer,'' in which Paul Van Ostajien chants, ``Everyone has a right to a sewingmachine.'' Leonard Nolens' ``Tributary,'' translated by Michael O'Loughlin, pays homage to a lover-``a trenchant weight I must carry all day,...a breathing stone.'' Some poems appear in several versions; Victor Vroomkoning's ``Hereniging'' is rendered by three different Irish writers as ``Returning,'' ``Together,'' and ``Together Again.'' (The display provides an interesting perspective on the subjective nature of translation.) The book offers much work that is startling, though readers may find themselves partial to the marvelous touch of O'Loughlin and Eamon Grennan. Originals and English versions run on facing pages. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved