'Great words carrying the world': intercultural translation in B. Kojo Laing's 'No Needle in the Sky'

This article analyses the role of intercultural translation in one of the poems collected in Godhorse, ‘No needle in the sky’. It shows how Laing’s engagement with influence – particularly the poem’s use of Gerald Manley Hopkins’s ‘The Windhover’ as a model – prefigures the emphasis on intercultural...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hankinson, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: University College London 2018