Mandelstam

Mon Nov 27 19:41:36 UTC 2000

Hello,

can anyone tell me how I have to translate 'voennye astry', in the poem 'Ja
pju za voennye astry' by Mandelstam ? In 'Hope against hope' Nadezda
Mandelstam speaks of a poem that sounds like this : 'I drink to Officers'
Epaulettes', yet I don't know if she is speaking about the poem I have to
translate for our course on Russian Literature.

Kind regards,
Elisabeth

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Van: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]Namens David Goldfarb
Verzonden: maandag 27 november 2000 20:12
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Onderwerp: "New Polish Writing" (fwd)

Dear Colleagues,

For those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend the latest issue of _The
Chicago Review_, which contains a broad selection of works of Polish
poetry, prose, and criticism of the last twelve years or so by both new
and well-established authors in fine English translations.  It provides a
healthy antidote to those (myself included) who might have at one time
questioned the vitality of Eastern European literature after the fall of
the Berlin Wall.

I hope that the editors will do what they can to keep copies available for
the next five years or so.  For the price of a journal issue, it makes an
excellent addition to any reading list for courses on Twentieth-Century
Polish prose or poetry in translation or surveys in which it would be
desirable to come up to the present day.  I've made some changes in my
current Polish Novel course this term to accommodate a few selections from
this anthology in the last week of the semester.

I have no affiliation with the journal nor have I made any contribution to
this issue, but merely wish to pass on my enthusiasm for the project and
support for those who participated.  For further information, please read
the following announcement from the _Chicago Review_.

David A. Goldfarb
Assistant Professor
Department of Slavic Languages
Barnard College
Columbia University
3009 Broadway                           dgoldfarb at barnard.edu
New York, NY 10027-6598                 http://www.echonyc.com/~goldfarb

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the writers presented here in the much wider contexts of Polish
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