The bilingual muse : : self translation among Russian poets / / Adrian Wanner.

• Superior document: Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory
• VerfasserIn: Wanner, Adrian, 1960-
• Place / Publishing House: Evanston, Illinois : : Northwestern University Press,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Russian literature and theory.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 pages) :; illustrations.

The Bilingual Muse analyzes the work of seven Russian poets who translated their own poems into English, French, German, or Italian. Investigating the parallel versions of self-translated poetic texts by Vladimir Nabokov, Joseph Brodsky, Andrey Gritsman, Katia Kapovich, Marina Tsvetaeva, Wassily Kandinsky, and Elizaveta Kul’man, Adrian Wanner considers how verbal creativity functions in different languages, the conundrum of translation, and the vagaries of bilingual identities. Wanner argues that the perceived marginality of self-translation stems from a romantic privileging of the mother tongue and the original text. The unprecedented recent dispersion of Russian speakers over three continents has led to the emergence of a new generation of diasporic Russians who provide a more receptive milieu for multilingual creativity.

Table of Contents

Introduction "The Trick of Doubling Oneself" -- Elizaveta Kul'man: The Most Polyglot of Russian Poets -- Wassily Kandinsky's Trilingual Poetry -- Marina Tsvetaeva's Self-Translation into French -- Vladimir Nabokov's Dilemma of Self-Translation -- Joseph Brodsky in English -- Self-Translation among Contemporary Russian-American Poets -- Conclusion.