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Unread 09-08-2003, 01:06 PM
Clive Watkins Clive Watkins is offline
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Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s fine sequence of poems “The Sinking of the Titanic” (1977) contains several sections which are ekphrastic in character, with titles such as “Apocalypse. Umbrian master , about 1490” and “The Rape of Suleika. Dutch, late 19th Century”.

His own very effective translation is available new from Carcanet Press (Manchester UK) and second-hand.

Clive Watkins