Constance Garnett

[Robert Chandler]

I disagree about Remnick's article - it contains no real examination of
Garnett's work.  He just repeats a number of tired old jokes at her expense.

Best Wishes,

Robert






> Most may know, but I'll mention it just in case -- David Remnick wrote
> a good little piece with some examination of Garnett in the New Yorker
> a few years back:
> 
> http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/07/051107fa_fact_remnick
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:37 PM, JUDITH KORNBLATT<jkornbla at wisc.edu> wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a source on the translator Constance Garnett? A colleague
>> is writing a book on the British Museum's Reading Room and the early women
>> writers, translators, and scholars who were associated with it, and it seems
>> that our very own Garnett plays an important role. How did she learn Russian?
>> Who did she translate first? Who was the publisher? Any leads are
>> appreciated. Thank you.
>> 
>> ************************
>> Judith Deutsch Kornblatt
>> Professor
>> Dept of Slavic Languages and Literature
>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>> jkornbla at wisc.edu
>> (608) 262-9762
>> 
>> Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education
>> Graduate School
>> 231a Bascom Hall
>> jkornblatt at bascom.wisc.edu
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