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Translating and re-translating the Gitagovinda
At the end of last week’s post, I introduced the Gitagovinda, a supremely beautiful twelfth century Sanskrit poem about the love between Krishna and Rādhā. I first read portions of the Gitagovinda in 2004-5, in the second year of my PhD, as...
The foam or the blaze: the poetry of Béatrice Douvre
I’m traveling later this week, so there’s a small chance that the usual Thursday essay may be slightly delayed. Just in case, here’s a Monday bonus: a review of a new bilingual edition of the poetry of Béatrice Douvre, with translations by...
Twelfth-century spring in France and India
This week and next I want to do something slightly different from usual and follow a train of thought across two linked pieces. Today’s looks at some of the distinctively lovely Latin songs written in twelfth-century Europe, and thinks abou...
My whole Ephemeris: a diary entry in verse from 1628
As an experiment, I’ve added my own audio file to this post — it’s just me reading it out with a few ad libbed asides but I’d be interested to hear whether people like have this version available.
As someone who has kept a diary off...
Love is a deeper season: e. e. cummings and Horace the fascist
In the last of my summer reposts, I’m revisiting a slightly updated version of a piece on e. e. cummings, originally published last autumn.
Writing about anthologies of love poetry the other day, I was reminded how much I like e. e....
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