Andrew Samuel Walsh

Lorca in English (eBook, ePUB)

A History of Manipulation through Translation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Lorca in English examines the evolution of translations of Federico García Lorca into English as a case of rewriting and manipulation through politically and ideologically motivated translation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000098259
• Artikelnr.: 59562026

Autorenporträt

Andrew Samuel Walsh is a lecturer at Comillas Pontifical University Madrid and is the author of three books and numerous articles in the field of Translation Studies and Comparative Literature, including Jaime Gil de Biedma and the Anglo-American Tradition and Literary Retranslation in Context, and several publications on the history of Lorca in English translation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. 'Lorca cannot be Englished' - some reflections on translation
and translatability and canonicity
Chapter 2. Lorca and his intelligent American friends' - early translations
and reception in the pre-Civil War years
Chapter 3. 'The martyrdom of an entire people' -Canonization and (self)
censorship (in the post-civil war years)
Chapter 4. 'And you, Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the
watermelons?' - The Beat Generation's adoption of a Spanish 'Surrealist'
Chapter 5. Everybody says I love Lorca - Democracy and the Transition
Chapter 6. 'The fairy son of Whitman' - the creation of a gay icon
Chapter 7. 'The Mask arrives on Wall Street' - New York and 9/11
Chapter 8. 'The King of Harlem sings with the crowd'. Lorca and the perils
of cultural appropriation in the 21st century
Conclusions