A C. H. Sisson Reader

This book is the most comprehensive collection of essays, criticisms, and analyses of the author C. H. Sisson, dubbed as “one of the great translators of our time” by the Times Literary Supplement. This work provides an insightful look into C. H. Sisson’s work and that of his peers, and provides readers with a better understanding of the state of literature in Britain and Europe in the 20th century.

C. H. Sisson was a poet, an author, an essayist and a translator. Charlie Louth is a translator and teaches German at the University of Oxford. Patrick McGuinness is an award-winning poet and author and teaches French and comparative literature at the University of Oxford.