This anthology is the first to present the full range of Brazilian poetic creativity and beauty in English translation. English editions of modernist and contemporary poets exist; most notably An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Poetry; edited by Elizabeth Bishop and Emanuel Brasil; and the more recent Other Shores: 13 Emerging Brazilian Poets; by Ricardo Corona and Charles A. Perrone. Until now; however; no volume has assembled the works of the great poets of Brazils earlier periodsmdash;those who wrote according to the baroque; neoclassical; romantic; Parnassian; and symbolist styles that were sequentially popular from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.As all readers know; translation is a difficult task fraught with all manner of complexities and choices faced by translators in their attempt to be faithful to the original poem. These include; but are not limited to; meaning; language usage; style; tone; form; rhyme; meter; rhythm; and a host of other variables that most often do not have a one-to-one correspondence in the target language. Many books have been written and many theories have been applied to achieve the best translation. That this is an ongoing quest never fully realized is demonstrated by the repeated translations of the same texts by many different writers. Camotilde;ess epic poem The Lusiads (1572); for example; has been translated anew into English nearly every century since its publication as tastes and interests shift; for living languages are never static. In the twentieth century; both a rhymed as well as a prose rendering appeared. Which is best? Which is closer to the original?--------------Esta antologia de Poetas do Brasil em ediccedil;atilde;o biliacute;ngue portuguecirc;s-inglecirc;s; eacute; a primeira que apresenta uma visatilde;o panoracirc;mica da criatividade e beleza poeacute;tica brasileira. Ediccedil;otilde;es em inglecirc;s dos poetas modernistas e contemporacirc;neos existem; nomeadamente An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Poetry; editada por Elizabeth Bishop e Emanuel Brasil; e mais recentemente Outras Praias: 13 Poetas Brasileiros Emergentesmdash;Other Shores: 13 Emerging Brazilian Poets; editada por Ricardo Corona e Charles A. Perrone. Ateacute; agora poreacute;m; nenhum volume incluiacute;a poemas dos grandes poetas brasileiros dos periacute;odos anteriores; ou seja; os que escreviam de acordo com os estilos barroco; neoclaacute;ssico; romacirc;ntico; parnasiano e simbolista; que eram sequencialmente populares do seacute;culo XVII ao XIX.Como todo leitor reconhece; traduzir eacute; tarefa difiacute;cil; um processo cheio de todo tipo de complexidades e escolhas que o tradutor confronta ao tentar ser fiel ao poema original. Estes incluem; mas natilde;o se limitam a; significado; uso de linguagem; estilo; tom; forma; rima; metrificaccedil;atilde;o; ritmo; e muitas outras variantes que em geral natilde;o encontram uma correspondecirc;ncia de um a um na liacute;ngua de traduccedil;atilde;o. Muitos livros jaacute; foram publicados e muitas teorias aproveitadas na tentativa de atingir a melhor traduccedil;atilde;o. Que esta eacute; uma meta que se procura sempre mas sem nunca se realizar plenamente; eacute; demonstrado pelas repetidas traduccedil;otilde;es dos mesmos textos por muitos diferentes escritores; ao longo dos anos. O poema eacute;pico Os Lusiacute;adas (1572) de Camotilde;es; por exemplo; tem sido traduzido ao inglecirc;s em quase cada seacute;culo desde a sua publicaccedil;atilde;o; conforme a mudanccedil;a de gosto e estilos; pois uma liacute;ngua viva nunca eacute; estaacute;tica. No seacute;culo XX uma traduccedil;atilde;o rimada e outra em prosa apareceram. Qual eacute; melhor; qual se aproxima mais ao original?
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Useful and not very costlyBy Michael J. EdelmanThis short book is simply a collection of fingerlings for the various CAGED fingerings (along with some variations) organized mainly by mode. Theres a good deal of repetition; of course; with each fingering appearing under major; minor; Dorian; Mixolydian and so forth; but each diagram is different in how it identifies the root and other degrees of each scale and so forth. There isnt a lot of text; but this book is aimed at the student who is already aware of the role of modes and is looking for a way to learn and practice playing them. Its a good tool for getting familiar with the relationships of each scale fingering to the different modes and not too expensive.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Scales--and not much else! (Which is just what I wanted....)By David RExactly what it says; no frills; no wordy explanations. Just a page for each scale pattern. For example; if you want to know the pattern for mixolydian; simply turn to that page. The author gives a brief paragraph describing the most common usage for each scale; but its really up to the guitarist to know the theory behind its application--and how the scales relate to one another.If you understand modes then youll see why youd really only need ONE page to cover seven scale patterns--you just have to make another scale degree the root but keep the same fingering. (For example; D dorian equals C Major starting from the second note. And so on...) The value comes in learning to think of scales in new ways and get your ears around their sound.I recommend boning up on some music theory if you want to understand what your fingers will learn from this excellent book.17 of 17 people found the following review helpful. It really is one of the best at what it doesBy Michael CallaghanOkay; there are many scale books out there; and if you have bought or searched any of them; you understand there are many not-so-useful scale books out there. You can get a book with over a hundred different scales; each spelled with questionable fingering and lack of contextual explanation (the majority of them); or you can get a book with a handful of scales all properly fingered and explained; along with usage descriptions. This book falls into the latter category.Specifically; this book ONLY covers the major scale; the natural minor; the jazz melodic minor (sharp six going both up and down); harmonic minor - and ALL OF THEIR MODES - then the major and minor blues scales; the minor pentatonic scale; diminished half whole; diminshined whole half; whole tone; and chromatic.No persian scales; no hijraz or scale-of-the-month; just everything you need to know (more than 99.99% of musicians dont even know these; actually) treated by a person who really plays them and has thought about the best fingerings; notes on what chords they work with; full positional fingerings and standard notation to match the fretboard.For example; EVERY SCALE DEGREE of the major and corresponding minors gets its own treatment - when to use the second degree of harmonic minor? Its explained here. Not with a CD; not in a passing lick or phrase; but spelled out for you; which chords work with it; how often it surfaces; what styles usually use it.This is the equivalent of free-weights. They get you strong; but depending on your thinking; they might not be as much fun as a fancy machine. If you want to get in shape; though; there is no better reference.This book is PERFECT with Troy Stetinas The Ultimate Scale Book - which itself takes a similar; albiet a bit more chatty - approach. If you like that book; youll LOVE this one. Also; Don Latarskis Arpeggios for Guitar (The Progressive Guitarist Series) is a perfect complement to this.For example; memorize the minor blues in all positions. Now memorize the corresponding minor 7th chords. Now memorize the major blues; with its corresponding major 7th chords. Now play minor up; major down; major up; minor 7th arpeggio down; major 7th arpeggio up; natural minor down. Now get on with your dominant 7ths......and by the way; I am NOT talking about jazz here; although it might sound like it. This is a power workout for anything you want to play; a desk reference and a workbook all in one. Rock; blues; experimental; pop; fingerstyle; thrash; swing......this is the book you would have taken a month to figure out in your study notebook; the work already done for you and taken further with explanations.And its [...] dollars.
