lost in bold translation

From Boldtype's latest edition, news of a new, 'luminous' translation of Georg Buchner's Lenz, from Archipelago Books, by Richard Sieburth. The translation is collected in one volume along with the original German, the diary of Pastor Oberlin with whom Lenz lived when he was mentally ill, and an essay by Goethe.

Also notable is the link within the Boldtype review to an encyclopedia I haven't seen before, the Literary Encyclopedia. The accreditation of online reference works can be a tricky business - this one is produced by a network of academics, including two old stalwarts of the Australian literary establishment. So probably worth linking to now and then - after all,

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I found the entry on Lenz's life and work informative and substantial enough for a work of this scope, ( and it is free after all). His major work on German realist drama is evaluated briefly as well as his relationship with Goethe. I'm looking forward to dipping in and out of this cyber-collection as time permits.

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