Shakespeare's Sonnets have captured the imagination of German poetry translators for centuries, each of them interpreting them anew. None of these poems have been accessible in English until now. Ulrike Draesner's "radical translation", ‘Twin Spin’, entwines the languages of poetic reproduction and cloning. Tom Cheesman’s back-translation, 'Thymine', back-translates her work into English, completing a cycle of re-interpretation.
In Tom Cheesman’s poetic back-translations or ‘re-versions’, "Ulrike Draesner’s tricksily demotic ‘Twin Spin’ [is] brilliantly brought to life" in English (Karen Leeder). Far from cloning Draesner’s poems, he re-spins her ‘Will’-ful spin on the Sonnets as more than ‘second life on second head’ (68).
The two versions are combined with reproductions of the first edition of the sonnets in the Bodleian's copy of 'Shake-speares Sonnets Never before Imprinted' from 1609 in the 1905 facsimile version by Lee. Together, these three versions of the sonnets, spun through languages and centuries, are published in pamphlet form on a triple occasion: the Ulrike Draesner Symposium 9-11 April 2016, the 'Shall I compare thee?' exhibition of sonnet translations in the Taylor Institution Library and the #sonnet2016 project of the Bodleian Library. The text also contains a catalogue of the exhibition. More information can be found under http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylorian/
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Shakespeare's Sonnets have captured the imagination of German poetry translators for centuries, each of them interpreting them anew. None of these poems have been accessible in English until now. Ulrike Draesner's "radical translation", ‘Twin Spin’, entwines the languages of poetic reproduction and cloning. Tom Cheesman’s back-translation, 'Thymine', back-translates her work into English, completing a cycle of re-interpretationThe two versions are combined with reproductions of the first edition of the sonnets in the Bodleian's copy of 'Shake-speares sonnets Neuer before Imprinted' from 1609 in the 1905 facsimile version by Lee. Together, these three versions of the sonnets, spun through languages and centuries, are published in pamphlet form on a triple occasion: the Ulrike Draesner Symposium 9-11 April 2016, the 'Shall I compare thee?' exhibition of sonnet translations in the Taylor Institution Library and the #sonnet2016 project of the Bodleian Library. The text also contains a catalogue of the exhibition. More information can be found under
http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylorian/. Order the volume here - See more at:
http://mmp.mml.ox.ac.uk/ulrike-draesner-oxford-0#sthash.XVRceEG5.dpuf
Shakespeare's Sonnets have captured the imagination of German poetry translators for centuries, each of them interpreting them anew. None of these poems have been accessible in English until now. Ulrike Draesner's "radical translation", ‘Twin Spin’, entwines the languages of poetic reproduction and cloning. Tom Cheesman’s back-translation, 'Thymine', back-translates her work into English, completing a cycle of re-interpretationThe two versions are combined with reproductions of the first edition of the sonnets in the Bodleian's copy of 'Shake-speares sonnets Neuer before Imprinted' from 1609 in the 1905 facsimile version by Lee. Together, these three versions of the sonnets, spun through languages and centuries, are published in pamphlet form on a triple occasion: the Ulrike Draesner Symposium 9-11 April 2016, the 'Shall I compare thee?' exhibition of sonnet translations in the Taylor Institution Library and the #sonnet2016 project of the Bodleian Library. The text also contains a catalogue of the exhibition. More information can be found under
http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/taylorian/. Order the volume here - See more at:
http://mmp.mml.ox.ac.uk/ulrike-draesner-oxford-0#sthash.XVRceEG5.dpuf