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The Dialect of the Tribe
Series 3 Number 16
The current issue of Modern Poetry in Translation (Third Series, Number 16) is called ‘The Dialect of the Tribe’. ISBN 978-0-9...
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Editorial
From The Dialect of the Tribe
Series 3 Number 16
An introduction to the issue by David Constantine, Helen Constantine
The UN has 193 members – that is, it recognizes 193 states. Some of these member-states recognize other states which are not members, which means that even to the question, ‘How many nation-states are there in the world?’, the answer will vary according to who (and when) you ask. And there is far less agreement as to how many languages Earth speaks. One scholar’s (or interested party’s) language is another’s mere dialect or idiom. The 1911 Encylcopaedia Britannica, put the figure at around 100...
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Series 3 Number 16
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Features and Reviews
From The Dialect of the Tribe
Series 3 Number 16
Delphine Grass reviews Orchards by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Peter Oram, Alex Barr
Vergers is arguably the most famous of Rilke’s poetry collections written in French. The title itself holds special importance in Rilke’s poetic venture. It was this word that stirred his first impulse to write in the French language while residing in Veyras, Switzerland. Although they are often referred to as Rilke’s ‘simpler’ poems, one could turn the criticism on its head and argue that the merit of Orchards lies instead in reinstating the simplicity of words within the complicated syntax...
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