Martin Bidney, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature, has had a book reviewed in a major newspaper in Germany. The book is West-East Divan: The Poems, with “Notes and Essays”: Goethe’s Intercultural Dialogues (Albany: SUNY Press, 2010) translated by Bidney (“Notes and Essays” translation assisted by Peter Anton von Arnim). The review is “Versoehnung mit Goethe” by Gustav Seibt, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Munich), Nr 211, p. 16. See also item 93 on the website Lyrikzeitung and Poetry News.
Martin Bidney
November 16, 2011