Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu - Couverture souple

Felstiner, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0804713278 ISBN 13 : 9780804713276

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 1980

Synopsis

What goes into the translating of a poem? Usually that process gets

forgotten once the new poem stands intact in translation. Yet a verse

translation derives from historical, biographical, and philosophical

research, interpretive analysis of the original poem, and continuous

linguistic and prosodic choices that parallel those the poet made. Taking as a text Pablo Neruda's brilliant prophetic sequence Alturas de

Macchu Picchu (1945), the author here re-creates the entire process of

translation, from his first encounter with the poem to the last shaping of

a phrase that may never come right in English. This many-faceted book

forms an essay on the theory and practice of literary translation, a study

of Neruda's career through 1945, and an interpretation of his major poem, all of which lead to a striking new poem in English, Heights of Macchu Picchu, printed along with the original Spanish. This genesis of a verse translation also includes little-known biographical data, hitherto untranslated poems and prose from the years 1920 to 1945, and new translations of key poems from Neruda's Residence on Earth and Spain in My Heart.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John Felstiner is Professor of English at Stanford University

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804713278
• ISBN 13: 9780804713276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible