December 1993
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The following is the Table of Contents from the December 1993 edition of Metamorphoses.
The complete edition, including the original language versions for the poetry, is only available in print.

 

 
  LASZLO TIKOS From the Word to Words 1

 

FICTION and OTHER PROSE

 
  NATHANIEL SMITH Some Thoughts on Translating in Rhyme 4
  RUBEN DARÍO The Nirvana Dictionary: Not What It Can But What It Must
Translated by Kelly Washbourne
11

  MIGUEL TORGA Alma Grande
Translated from the Portugese by Ivana Carlsen
13

  JUAN RODRIGUEZ FREILE The Witch Juana Garcia
Translated from the Spanish by Nina Scott
19

  ALBERTO MORAVIA The Secret
Translated from the Italian by Hélène Cantarella
25

  MARGARETA EKSTRÖM The World is Full of Buffalos and Palefaces
Translated from the Swedish by Eva Claeson
31

  HENRI MICHAUX Song of Death
Translated from the French by David Ball
38

 

POETRY

 
  MOLIÈRE Amphitryon: Act One, Scene One
Translated from the French by Richard Wilbur
42

  FRANTISEK HALAS Le Charmeur de Rats
Le Coq Dissipe la Mort
Translated from the Czech by Ron Banerjee
48
50

  LAJOS VARGA Prophecies and Answers
God Bless Those...
Translated from the Hungarian by Laszlo Tikos
52
54

  CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN Four Poems
Translated from the German by Walter Arndt
56

  GEORG HEYM White-Haired in the Abominated Regions
White Butterflies of Night, So Often Near Me
Translated from the German by Peter Viereck
62
64

  STEFAN GEORGE [Final Song]
Translated from the German by Peter Viereck
68

  GOTTFRIED BENN Songs: I
Translated from the German by Peter Viereck
70

  PETER VIERECK After Pushkin's "On the Hills of Georgia" 72
  RITA DINALE Africa Turning
Translated from the Italian by Melinda Kennedy
74

 

REFLECTIONS

 
  MELINDA KENNEDY Alpha in Omega 90

 

CONTRIBUTORS