The Cross-Cultural Transfer of Poetics: Latin American Poetry Published in English in the United States, Wwii to the 1990s

by Iriarte,Fabißn

• ISBN13: 9780415946520
• ISBN10: 0415946522
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2050-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This work investigates how poetics and aesthetics cross cultural borders, who the agents of such transferals are and which political and cultural situations open up those borders. The author focuses on anthologies of Latin American poetry in English translation that were published in the United States from the Second World War to 1996.

Table of Contents

On the Use and Function of Anthologies

A Description of the Latin American Poetry Anthologies Published in the United States Since the Second World War

A Description of History of Brazilian Poetry Anthologies in English Translation

The Perspective of American Poets Who Translate Latin American Poetry into English

Analysis of the Different Translation Strategies

The Function of Translations in the Cross-Cultural Transfer of Poetry Anthologies

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