Gregory Rabassa's Latin American literature : a translator's visible legacy / / María Constanza Guzmán

• Autore: Guzmán María Constanza
• Pubblicazione: Lewisburg [Pa.], : Bucknell University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 428/.0261092
• Soggetto topico: Latin American literature - Translations into English - History and criticism; Translating and interpreting; Translating and interpreting - Philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Why Rabassa?: theorizing the translator's legacy -- Rabassa's conceptions of translation and language -- Del lado de alla y del lado de aca / From this side and from the other: Rabassa's dialogue with his authors -- Ayer y hoy / Past and present: Rabassa's canon and the reception of his translations -- Rabassa's translations and an imagined Latin America.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book takes the case of Gregory Rabassa, translator into English of such canonical novels as Garc'a MOrquez's Cien a-os de soledad and CortOzar's Rayuela. In the chapters, the author historicizes the translator's practice by investigating Rabassa's ideas about translation and his own practice, the relationship between Rabassa and 'his' authors, and the circulation and reception of Rabassa's translations, especially of the works of the so-called Latin American Boom. By critically engaging Rabassa as a translating subject, this book affirms the translator's active role in shaping literary tr
• Titolo autorizzato: Gregory Rabassa's Latin American literature
• ISBN: 979-82-16-35582-3; 1-283-30265-9; 9786613302656; 1-61148-009-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972044203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II