WORKSHOP
Goethe's Poetry
Translation in Transmission
Friday, 24 February 2006
Venue: Room ST274/275, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Convenors: Martin Swales and Matthew Bell (London)
This workshop will be held in memory of John Whaley, the acclaimed
translator of Goethe's poetry, who passed away on 23 June 2005. Whaley
was also a long-standing member of the English Goethe Society Council,
and a Friend of Germanic Studies at the Institute. He had studied German
at University College London, and the impact made on him by Mary
Wilkinson's teaching of Goethe was as profound as it was enduring.
Despite his academic distinction, he became a civil servant, working at
the Board of Trade, a career of which Goethe, who recognized the
importance of administrative service to the community, would have
approved. The title of this workshop is deliberately all-inclusive -
Whaley would not have wished a theme to be imposed on the event.
Contributions will be an informal airing of thoughts, introducing a
discussion of Goethe's poetry in general, of specific poems or groups of
poems, of Goethe's diction as a poet, and of his translatability or
untranslatability.
PROGRAMME
11.00 - 13.00
T.J. Reed (Oxford): The Colloquial in Goethe's Poetry
Martin Swales (London): Incredulity and Poetry - Reflections on Two of
the 'Belinde' Poems
Charlie Louth (Oxford): The Poetry of the Divan
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch Break
14.30 - 16.30
John R. Williams (St Andrews): On the Songs from Wilhelm Meister
Ray Ockenden (Oxford): On 'Dornburg, September 28': 'Früh, wenn Tal,
Gebirg und Garten'
Matthew Bell (London): Concluding Reflections
16.30 Wine/Workshop Ends
The event is organized jointly with the English Goethe Society
All are welcome to attend. Registration not necessary. For further
information contact: Jane Lewin ([log in to unmask])
INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC & ROMANCE STUDIES
University of London School of Advanced Study
Room ST282, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Telephone: +44 (0)20-7862 8966 Fax: +44 (0)20-7862 8970
E-mail: jane.lewin @sas.ac.uk
Website: http://igrs.sas.ac.uk
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Dr Anna Saunders
Department of Modern Languages
University of Wales, Bangor
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2DG
Tel. 01248 382135
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