Bottom's Dream discussion

ZT is written in the margins of Poe. I very much recommend reading the complete works of Poe prior to reading ZT.

I am currently reading AS's translation of Arthur Gordon Pym, and I have to say I'm delighted. I try to capture some of the beauty of the translation in my "review" here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
When I find a sentence which I think is rather beautiful, or exceptional, I look it up in the original. Look, for example, at the sample I gave from Chapter III. It's almost as if the English version is a just Okay=translation of Schmidt's prose!

Cross post from the reading the damn'd thing thread.
Poe works and topics name checked in the introduction to From Arno Schmidt ' s Zettel's Traum: an Analysis p. 16


Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Journal of Julius, Domain of Arnheim, Motif of voyeurism and Poe's coprophilia, the motif of auto eroticism in Poe and analysis of Poe's prose poem Heureka.

Thanks Nathan - just added 1,000 pages to the journey!!! I have ordered a nice edition of the collected works (Poe) to sit alongside ZT on the rather large coffee table that I am now going to have to purchase!!!

I'm about finished with my exploration of the complete Poe - I read the 1904 5 volume Judge Edition

Thanks Mark, I have an annotated version (a la Tim Burton) in the mail, should arrive same time as ZT

I'm going to read ZT first and then read Poe and get coal for Christmas.