Entanglements of the retro-garde. A Nest of Ninnies by Ashbery and Schuyler in the Polish translation
Entanglements of the retro-garde. A Nest of Ninnies by Ashbery and Schuyler in the Polish translation
Author(s): Joanna OrskaContributor(s): Paulina Zagórska (Translator)
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Theory of Literature, American Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: avant-garde; rearguard; transcreation; total translation; Ashbery and Schuyler; Pióro and Sosnowski;
Summary/Abstract: The essay discusses the Polish version of A Nest of Ninnies (1969) by John Ashbery and James Schuyler, translated by Tadeusz Pióro and Andrzej Sosnowski, with Marjorie Perloff’s “unoriginal genius” in the neo-avant-garde as the reference point. The essay also refers to the category of transcreation and the art of translation, which constituted a negation of historical categories of originality and innovativeness, typically associated with the notion of the avant-garde – the source of American modernism in poetry.
Journal: Forum Poetyki
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 36
- Page Range: 20-35
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
