Tag Marian Schwartz

November 25, 2014
in Humanities, Literature, Margellos Series

Marian Schwartz on Translating Tolstoy

November 25, 2014
in Humanities, Literature, Margellos Series

We had the chance to sit down with prolific translator Marian Schwartz to talk about her latest translation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. She touches on the joys and challenges of Tolstoy as well as his lesser-known witty side. Yale University Press: Anna Karenina is a seminal work in literature. How

July 19, 2011
in History, Literature

Feeling Lazy? Curl Up with Oblomov

July 19, 2011
in History, Literature

You probably have ten different places to be today, or at least it feels like it. Although that may be a little overwhelming, it’s a familiar feeling. A neatly cluttered schedule—that’s modern life, and perhaps you’re even proud of it. To the title character of Ivan Goncharov’s Oblomov, however, you