The worlds of Langston Hughes modernism and translation in the Americas
The poet Langston Hughes was a tireless world traveler and a prolific writer, translator, and editor. Translations of his own writings traveled even more widely than he did, earning him adulation throughout Europe, Asia, and especially the Americas. This study contends that, for writers who are part...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2012, 2012
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The poet Langston Hughes was a tireless world traveler and a prolific writer, translator, and editor. Translations of his own writings traveled even more widely than he did, earning him adulation throughout Europe, Asia, and especially the Americas. This study contends that, for writers who are part of the African diaspora, translation is more than just a literary practice: it is a fact of life and a way of thinking |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 358 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780801451157 0801451159 1322503672 080147826X 0801466245 9780801466243 9780801478260 9781322503677 |