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David R. Slavitts affectionate translations of epigrams by sixteenthcentury Welsh academic John Owen transmute a careful selection of the writers work into a vision of life, and in so doing bring Owen into conversation with the present day. Pithy, quick, favoring balance and economy over elaboration of style, the epigram is difficult in any language; that Owen mastered it in a language other than his own attests to his immense talent. Owens small treasures go directly to the core: At your coming into the world, you gave a cry / of protest: why then protest that you must die?Duessas Version: A Dirge in Seven Canticles offers an irreverent and provocative recapitulation of The Faerie Queene, as told by Duessa, the mutable sorceress of Spensers epic poem. Slavitt invests her with an unforgettable voiceoutraged, profane, wise, and wickedly funnyand an exasperated contempt for the hero, Spensers Redcrosse Knight. Duessas retelling of The Faerie Queene becomes the scaffolding upon which Slavitt hangs his reflections on twentiethcentury civilization and culture that are indebted at once to intelligent observation, to Spenser, and to Borscht Belt comedy.Here are virtuoso performances by a poet with resources of wit and erudition that are nothing short of astonishing. These masterly translations are bound to get himor at least his ghostinvited back.
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