Felix Paul Greve's first & last Translations,
1898 & 1909:
Dante's Vita Nuova & Swift's "Modest Proposal"
by
Gaby Divay, University of Manitoba
Introduction:
Grove's knowledge of World Literature
UM Archives' Collections: Spettigue's Papers & Grove's
Library
Greve's translations, 1898-1909
FPG (Greve/Grove)
& Dante
Reflections in Grove's correspondenc
Dante in Grove's Library at the UMA
Greve in Munich, the Stefan George Circle & Karl Wolfskehl
The Six mss Sonnets
from Dante's Vita Nuova
(I/41 ; II/3
; III / 12 ;
IV/17 ; V/38 ; VI/28)
Petrarchism in Greve & Else v. Freytag-Loringhoven's
"Fanny Essler" poems
FPG (Greve/Grove)
& Swift
Grove's Swift ed. in 12 v. by Temple Scott extant in his
Library
Temple Scott acknowledged in Greve's 4v. ed. of Swift's
Prose Works
Grove's annotations of "A Modest Proposal"
Greve's translation used by Brecht, & reprinted many
times by Insel Publishers
Conclusion
FPG a brilliant translator & imitator
His creativity being derivative, just as translations are
Freytag-Loringhoven's pertinent judgement of Greve's creative
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Bibliography
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