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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guzmán, María Constanza.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American literature--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Translating and interpreting--Case studies.

Translating and interpreting.

Translating and interpreting--Philosophy.

Rabassa, Gregory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35582-3

1-283-30265-9

9786613302656

1-61148-009-4

OCLC:

759807479