Verse translations,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23761C.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006010170
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1938 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 35 ff. (blank from f. 11 verso; text on rectos) ;230 x 180 mm.Paper covers; 'Heatherslade, Pennard, Nr Swansea', 'Vernon Phillips Watkins' and 'Subject: Translations (German)' (ink on front cover).Staples removed and bindings re-stitched at NLW; leaf torn out after f. 5.Staples removed and bindings re-stitched at NLW; leaf torn out after f. 5
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Exercise book, 1938, of Vernon Watkins, containing drafts of translations from German of eight poems by Theodor Storm (ff. 2-4), Rilke (ff. 5-8) and Novalis (ff. 10-11).
Four of the poems (ff. 2-3, 5, 8) were published in Vernon Watkins, Selected Verse Translations (London, 1977), pp. 70-1, 73.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23761C.

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Related Material

For further verse translations of the same poets see NLW MSS 22470E, 22474-5E, 23762E.

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