Alchemy and amalgam : translation in the works of Charles Baudelaire / Emily Salines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salines, Emily.

Series:

Faux titre ; no 246.

Faux titre ; 246

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--Criticism and interpretation.

Baudelaire, Charles.

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867.

Translating and interpreting.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

301 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2004.

Summary:

This volume explores a relatively un-researched area of the Baudelairean corpus (his translations from English) and relates them to the rest of his works. It seeks to establish a link between translational and creative writing, arguing for a reassessment of the place of translation in Baudelaire's writing method. Rather than a sideline in Baudelaire's creative activities, translation is thus shown to be a central form of dual writing at the core of his works. Baudelaire's translations from English, his constant rewriting of pre-existing material (including his own), the doublets, the transpositions d'art, and the art criticism are all based on an approach to writing which is essentially derivative but also transformative. Thus the Baudelairean experiment illustrates the limits of romantic notions of originality, creativity and genius, reminding us that all writing is intrinsically intertextual.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-298) and index.

ISBN:

904201931X

OCLC:

55963284