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In:Literary Translator Studies
Edited by Klaus Kaindl, Waltraud Kolb and Daniela Schlager
[Benjamins Translation Library 156] 2021
► pp. 249–263

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Chapter 13
The voices of James Stratton Holmes

 | KU Leuven
 | KU Leuven
Published online: 3 May 2021
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Article outline
  • Holmes’ translations of experimental poetry
  • Translation as voice
  • Holmes’ poetics of equivalence
  • Holmes’ rendering of gendered physicality
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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