tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5981550412838113067..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Michael Hofmann's translation of Gottfried Benn - unlike Brecht, he’s not even unpopularAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-60632111602041551522015-11-20T09:23:46.877-06:002015-11-20T09:23:46.877-06:00The great German poets are as strange a bunch as t...The great German poets are as strange a bunch as the great French poets.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5741085941008998902015-11-20T08:22:35.445-06:002015-11-20T08:22:35.445-06:00The Benn situation reminds me of Gide's « Hugo...The Benn situation reminds me of Gide's « Hugo, hélas ! » Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-68973505321223743722015-11-19T08:24:21.932-06:002015-11-19T08:24:21.932-06:00Thanks for the correction - should be fixed now. ...Thanks for the correction - should be fixed now. Thanks for the recording, too. Helpful. Perfect, really.<br /><br />Hofmann lists some stray mentions of Benn by heavyweight poets (Eliot, Berryman, etc.), but suggests that there has been too much emphasis on Benn as "the man of ideas, the German" at the expense of his poetry. In English, Benn has been like a <i>rumor</i> of a great poet.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29205841195727781322015-11-19T02:36:25.888-06:002015-11-19T02:36:25.888-06:00Strange that he's not better known.
Some of m...Strange that he's not better known. <br />Some of my favourite poems are in verse. Would be interested to see how they have been translated. <br />Here's Benn reading "Astern". It's great to hear how he accentuates the words. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYlbguxV3Q<br />Btw - you might want to change Aufschitt to Aufschnitt. Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com