The Best WAR & PEACE English Translation of All Time?

[Michael Denner]

About the doughy duo... I meant doughty (resolute), but somewhere the
't' got lost in... I'll blame spell check. (I like the absurdity of the
image of a doughy duo, though.)

And 'attacking' the 'messenger' is certainly fair game: If you don't
know a language WELL and don't, in any substantive way, discuss the
generally recognized criteria for a translation, then you've written a
bad review. 

Best,
mad
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   Dr. Michael A. Denner
   Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal
   Director, University Honors Program
   
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-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Sarah Hurst
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:40 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] The Best WAR & PEACE English Translation of All
Time?

I have no opinion about the review because I haven't actually read the
Briggs translation, but Mona Simpson wrote the introduction to an
edition of
the Constance Garnett translation of Tolstoy, and she's a novelist
rather
than a "writing-program type". I just think that attacking the messenger
is
somewhat weak, sorry.

Sarah Hurst

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