Promoting and supporting the teaching and study of Scottish literature and language
John Corbett
Professor in the Department of Modern Languages
University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
Concrete poetry offers particular challenges to literary translators, or perhaps it is more accurate to say that concrete poetry accentuates challenges that are shared to a lesser degree with other types of literary translation. While often considered a late modernist phenomenon, concrete poetry has a long pedigree, stretching back to ancient Greece and China. ‘Syrinx’ […]
In 2007 it is my privilege to be chairman of the Scottish Literature Discussion Group of the Modern Language Association of America. The Discussion Group committee is a small, enthusiastic band of four MLA members with an active research interest in Scottish Studies. We serve for four years on the committee and during our brief lifespan as […]