Yves bonnefoy and shakespeare as a french poet oxford. Shakespeare and the french poet, bonnefoy, naughton. An excerpt from shakespeare and the french poet by yves bonnefoy. The poetics of yves bonnefoy the act and the place of poetry. Introduction harold bloom hamlet william hazlitt hamlet a. I would never have imagined that translating works as essentially and profoundly poetic as julius caesar or hamlet or the winters tale could be anything other than a personal act of poetry, not merely restoring the meaning as fully as possible, but simultaneously reinventing a meaning and a form in the. Shakespeare ii, ii, 141 in yves bonnefoys translation of hamlet but the lines could equally well apply to the task of translating the play into french, at least in. Yves bonnefoy, shakespeare and the french poet, ed. Shakespeare ii, ii, 141 in yves bonnefoy s translation of hamlet but the lines could equally well apply to the task of translating the play into french, at least in the opinion of this poettranslator, who has so far produced four retranslations of his original 1957 hamlet, the latest being a 1988 revision.
Where joyce and laforgue coincide in particular is in the attention both pay to the figure of hamlet. Jul 06, 2016 yves bonnefoy was born on june 24, 1923, in tours. Marius elie bonnefoy, his father, was a railroad worker, whose job involved assembling locomotives. Yves bonnefoy, perhaps the most important french poet of the latter half of the 20th century. A meditation on the major plays of shakespeare and the thorny art of literary translation, shakespeare and the french poet contains twelve essays from frances most esteemed critic and preeminent living poet, yves bonnefoy. Lungo larco di oltre settantanni yves bonnefoy 19232016, di recente scomparso, ha dedicato molta parte della sua vita di studioso e di traduttore allopera di shakespeare.
Bonnefoy s mother helene maury was a teacher, as her own father had been, and looked after the education of her son. This book is an indepth analysis of these five translations and of their evolution, and aims at emphasizing bonnefoy s originality as a translator. Stephanie, table des matieres, yves bonnefoy et hamlet. He studied mathematics at the university of poitiers and philosophy at the sorbonne, where he completed a thesis on soren kierkegaard and charles baudelaire. There is a world elsewhere close mobile search navigation. Yves bonnefoy is a key figure in the french literary reception of shakespeare. Essays and criticism on yves bonnefoy critical essays.
Yves bonnefoy, frances most important living poet, is also a literary and art critic of renown. He carried out the magic study of happiness that no one eludes. Shakespeare and the french poet, john milton sage journals. Bonnefoy s father was a railroad employee, his mother a teacher. The significance and profundity of the work of yves bonnefoy in the realm of contemporary french. Translated by galway kinnell, with an introduction by timothy mathews. This essay explores his interpretations and translations of shakespeares plays. He rediscovers the paradox of poe, that it is precisely the seemingly utter sufficiency of natural beauty. The significance and profundity of the work of yves bonnefoy in the realm of contemporary french letters can hardly be overstated in an. Othello, like rimbaud, faces the question of the ideal. Yves jean bonnefoy 24 june 1923, tours 1 july 2016 paris was a french poet and art historian.
Yves bonnefoy s larrierepays is another account of such a search, and an important one. Sign up for email notification of new releases in your field. From the beginning of his poetic career, yves bonnefoy s work has. Offering observations on shakespeares response to the spiritual crisis of his era as well as compelling insights on the practical and theoretical challenges of verse. This article illustrates how, through his five translations of shakespeares hamlet, yves bonnefoy let his art of translation evolve from a reenunciation to a real. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of william shakespeare which are considered among the best in french.
His father, elie, who worked in a locomotiveassembly shop, died when yves was. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Lanham hamlet william empson hamlet northrop frye readiness, ripeness. Bonnefoy was also a respected critic, scholar, and translator. Yves bonnefoy, selected prose works in translation loyola. Hamlet, laforgue and joyce alfredo rodriguez lopezvazquez. Yves bonnefoy et hamlet bibliotheque et archives canada. As a translator, bonnefoy was well known for his renderings of shakespeare into french including hamlet, julius caesar, a. All these have, as we will see, no small relevance to hamlet. These two writers cut imposing figures in world literature as a whole, but they are also notable for the conspicuous spiritual and mystic aspects of their poetic work.
Yves bonnefoy was born in in tours, france on june 24, 1923. Roesler stephanie, table des matieres, yves bonnefoy et hamlet. Pdf yves bonnefoy filosofia poesia lunaria academia. Shakespeare and the french poet, interview with yves bonnefoy. Macbeth william shakespeare bnfa, bibliotheque numerique. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ahmed said has done in the arab world, or that yves bonnefoy has done in france. Lord hamlet is a prince, out of thy sphere, its impossible, impossible. After studying mathematics at the university of poitiers, the young poet moved to paris, where he came under. Yves bonnefoy was born in tours to a workingclass family. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more.
Between 1957 and 1988, the contemporary french poet yves bonnefoy translated shakespeares hamlet five times. Entre 1957 et 1988, le poete francais contemporain yves bonnefoy a traduit le. I i i iti vedevo correre sulle terrazze, ti vedevo correre sulle terrazze, ti vedevo correre sulle terrazze, ti vedevo correre sulle terrazze, ti vedevo lottare contro il vento. After studying mathematics at the university of poitiers, the young poet.
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