Dostoyevsky's " Бе сы"(The P ossess ed) plus Anna Kareni na

[Irina Dolgova]

Dear Riobert,

It's painful to see what "okololiteraturnye krugi" can do cooling off 
their end of the semester stress. Especially when you make it possible 
to teach Russian literature and history in English speaking world -  
enjoy it and fell in love with it. Please forget this "suetnaia"  
polemics so it wouldn't distract you form doing what you do the best - 
your incomparable translations.

Respectfully,
Irina

On 12/14/2010 6:41 AM, Robert Chandler wrote:
> Dear Alexei,
>
> I don't see any need for sarcasm at my expense.   I would have thought that my frequent asking of questions makes it clear that I have a reasonably clear sense of my own limitations.
>
> All the best,
>
> R.
>
>
> On 13 Dec 2010, at 23:29, Alexei Kutuzov wrote:
>
>    
>> Thank you for your comment.  I can only s
>> Dear Professor Meerson,
>>
>> Thank you for your comment.  I can only say, with all due deference and
>> respect, that calling someone a bad child is also not particularly enlightening,
>> nor is a hagiographic stance vis-a-vis Sir Robert Chandler (who, while a genius,
>> often gets a fair amount of help on his translations from this list).  Saul
>> Morson is one of the most respected names in American Slavic, and his views,
>> while often polemical, problematic, or what you will, should be engaged with
>> seriously.  I urge you to read his reviews of Pevear and Volokhonsky, and also
>> to read their texts closely.  As someone with excellent command of English and
>> Russian, you will surely see many unfortunate mistakes and choices in their
>> work.  I stand by my earlier comment regarding Pevear's unduly pretentious
>> remarks in his translation of Dostoevsky's Notes.
>>
>> With best wishes to the list and thanks for its members indulgence!
>>
>> AK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Olga Meerson<meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU>
>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>> Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 2:07:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dostoyevsky's "Бесы" (The Possess ed) plus Anna Karenina
>>
>> Re:
>> Saul Morson seems to be one of
>> the few people in our profession who have taken a critical look into the Pevear
>> and Volokhonsky translations (see, for instance,
>> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-pevearsion-of-russian-literature-15468),
>>
>> and it would be good to see others straying away from the hagiographical
>> reception the American academy has given them.
>>
>> Indeed, this is not the only respect where Saul Morson is "one of the few people
>> in our profession" who never hesitate to criticize. I see no hagiographic
>> attitude in anything ANYone in American academia ever has given anyone I
>> respect, Pevears or no Pevears. Perhaps a dose of skepticism is not bad but good
>> will also matters, especially when trying to render things as complex as Russian
>> poetics. I happen to be both a translator (honored to work with Robert Chandler
>> whom I consider to be a genius) and a member of American academia, and, in
>> matters pertaining to Russian poetics, I find neither the role of an
>> hagiographer nor that of an enfant terrible to be particularly appealing, let
>> alone enlightening.
>>
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