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Translating the Classics

Amherst College – Spring 2016

Category: MacKeen

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

La Biblioteca de Babel – Jorge Luis Borges

May 3, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters… The Anatomy of a Melancholy¸ part. 2, sect.

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Jorge Luis Borges, sitting in chair

The Author, The Book, The Story, The History

May 3, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

the author Considered by many to be one of the greatest stylistic writers of the twentieth century, Jorge Luis Borges

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Runic Script

The Translator’s Note

May 3, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

I was first introduced to Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges in my high school Spanish class. I remember leaving class that

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel

The Library of Babel – Jorge Luis Borges – a New Translation by Brendon MacKeen

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  By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters… The Anatomy of a Melancholy¸ part. 2,

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Library of Babel by Érik Desmazières

The Library of Babel – Version 3

April 17, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters… The Anatomy of a Melancholy¸ part. 2, sect.

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Encyclopedias on a Bookshelf

The Library of Babel – Version 2

April 16, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

    By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters… The Anatomy of a Melancholy¸ part.

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Yale University Divinity Library Card Catalog

The Library of Babel – Version 1

April 15, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters… The Anatomy of a Melancholy¸ part. 2, sect.

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19 May 2009, Dublin, Ireland --- The Long Room in the Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin --- Image by © Chris Hill/National Geographic Society/Corbis

The Journey Through the Library: A Journal

April 15, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

3.23.16 I transcribed the Spanish original from hard copy to a digital copy. Besides reading the text the first time,

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A Latin dictionary open on desk

The Critique: Kerrigan’s Library

April 10, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

Every translation is embedded in a historical moment, a moment of distinct social norms, political norms, and linguistic norms. In

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Pile of Open Books

The Reviews of Hurley’s “Collected Fictions” (1998)

April 5, 2016 bmackeen27 MacKeen

Below, you will find a collection of book reviews relating to the Library of Babel. It is important to keep in

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Supplementary Materials

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

La Biblioteca de Babel – Jorge Luis Borges

May 3, 2016 bmackeen27

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters…

Continue reading
Jorge Luis Borges, sitting in chair

The Author, The Book, The Story, The History

May 3, 2016 bmackeen27

the author Considered by many to be one of the greatest stylistic

Continue reading
Runic Script

The Translator’s Note

May 3, 2016 bmackeen27

I was first introduced to Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges in my

Continue reading
Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel

The Library of Babel – Jorge Luis Borges – a New Translation by Brendon MacKeen

May 3, 2016 bmackeen27

  By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23

Continue reading
Library of Babel by Érik Desmazières

The Library of Babel – Version 3

April 17, 2016 bmackeen27

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters…

Continue reading
Encyclopedias on a Bookshelf

The Library of Babel – Version 2

April 16, 2016 bmackeen27

    By this art you may contemplate the variation of the

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Yale University Divinity Library Card Catalog

The Library of Babel – Version 1

April 15, 2016 bmackeen27

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters…

Continue reading
19 May 2009, Dublin, Ireland --- The Long Room in the Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin --- Image by © Chris Hill/National Geographic Society/Corbis

The Journey Through the Library: A Journal

April 15, 2016 bmackeen27

3.23.16 I transcribed the Spanish original from hard copy to a digital

Continue reading
A Latin dictionary open on desk

The Critique: Kerrigan’s Library

April 10, 2016 bmackeen27

Every translation is embedded in a historical moment, a moment of distinct

Continue reading
Pile of Open Books

The Reviews of Hurley’s “Collected Fictions” (1998)

April 5, 2016 bmackeen27

Below, you will find a collection of book reviews relating to the Library

Continue reading
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