Selected translations
By: W.D. Snodgrass.
Contributors: Snodgrass, William D. 1796-1886.
Series: New American translations series ;; vol. 11; New American translation series ;; vol. 11.
Publisher: BOA Editions
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Poetry -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: "Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, W.D. Snodgrass's 'Selected translations' offers us the imaginative power and the playful wisdom of poems, folk songs, fables, street songs, drinking lyrics, ballads, and art songs gleaned from more than 500 years of Western tradition. Whether from Hungary, Scandinavia, Italy, Romania, Poland, France, or Germany, these poetic translations are sure to delight"--From publisher's description.

Features translations of little-known Eastern European poets as well as Western favorites like Rilke, Lorca, and Christian Morgenstern.