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I cant recommend the book enough to anyone with even a slight interest in. Douglas richard hofstadter born february 15, 1945 is an american academic whose research focuses on consciousness, analogymaking, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. Hofstadter discusses among other things poetry translation, using clement marots poem ma mignonne. The official website of douglas preston and lincoln child. Douglas white pages phone books in massachusetts ma. French, clement marots a une damoyselle malade referred to as ma mignonne by hofstadter, serve as reference points for his ideas on the subject. Hofstadter is college professor of cognitive science and computer science at indiana university, bloomington, indiana. Without having cheated by glancing past the first chapter, i understand that the book will present dozens of. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. It is composed in rhyming couplets, in lines of only three syllables, with the last line, ma mignonne my sweetie, identical with the first. The poem central to his book is one of marots most charming poems. The french artist clement marots 1537 poem ma mignonne is a this amazing book explains the subtle art of translating writings across many languages by reflecting the music of poetry, culture, literature, geography, and time. The book is framed around a french poem, ma mignonne, by the 16th century poet clement marot.
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Douglas hofstadter takes a 16thcentury french poem addressed to a young. We use cookies on this site to enhance the visitor experience. Hofstadter is college of arts and sciences professor of cognitive science, and director of the center for research on concepts and cognition, at indiana university. Meet douglas egerton of the le moyne college department of history in syracuse, new york. Douglas preston was born in cambridge, massachusetts, in 1956, and grew up in the deadly boring suburb of wellesley. This new book is about translation between languages and the intricate interplay of semantic and structural difficulties that this problem brings to anyone who tries to do it. In the life in rhymes of clement marot, douglas hofstader takes us on a merry ride through the process of translating clement marots poem a une damoyselle malade, a poem to which hofstader affectionately gives the nickname ma mignonne, taking an appellation from the first line of the poem.
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