Translating Apollinaire

Clive Scott is Professor Emeritus of European Literature, University of East Anglia. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and 2014 President of the Modern Humanities Research Association. He has been described as “the founder of an innovative school of UK translation studies” at the University of East Anglia.

• IllustrationsAcknowledgementsA Note on the TextPrefatory RemarksIntroductionChapter One: Styles and MarginsChapter Two: Choices, Variants and VariationChapter Three: The Linear and the TabularChapter Four: Frames and Blind FieldsChapter Five: The Chromatic and the AcousticChapter Six: New Sounds, New LanguagesConclusion: Repetition, Difference and SimulacrityAppendix I: TextsAppendix II: The Case for the TabularNotesBibliographical ReferencesIndex

“Clive Scott’s theory and practice are underpinned by his own highly developed literary, technical and communication skills. Well informed, sympathetic to Apollinaire’s aspirations and achievements, he is similarly attuned to the complexities of French versification. [. . .] Scott is an influential writer and teacher, a mover and shaker who is making a game-changing contribution to his discipline, a man on a mission to raise the status of translators and to inject translation itself with a powerful new dose of creative confidence.” Professor Peter Read, University of Kent ‘This is a bold and invigorating book – challenging, stimulating and full of insights’ Professor Adam Watt, University of Exeter