“Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.”
Goethe, Art and Antiquity
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.”
Goethe, Art and Antiquity