Overview
A selection and translation of the best Spanish sonnets from the eighteenth- to twenty-first centuries. The Modern Spanish Sonnet presents one hundred of the best Spanish sonnets of the eighteenth-, nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first centuries. It includes sonnets written in the Catalan and Galician languages, with translations into English sonnets and critical commentaries. A general introduction to the genre is followed by summaries of the historical and literary backgrounds and of the problems facing the translator of sonnets.
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Author: John Rutherford
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
ISBN: 9781837720699
ISBN 10: 183772069
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 October 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""John Rutherford has created a landmark anthology of sonnets written in Spain from the eighteenth century to the present: fifty sonneteers he translates from Catalan, Galician and Spanish with great verve and imagination. His commentaries on the writers, his translations and the art of the sonnet are lucid, learned and pithy, and he also loves the awkward and the ambiguous. His selection will be a revelation to Anglophone readers. Lorca and Machado are here, of course, but so are the magnificent Rosa Chacel and J.V.Foix. A major literary event!""-- ""Peter Bush, Former Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation"" ""As the second part of Cervantes's Don Quxiote proved, the commonplace that sequels invariably disappoint isn't always true. Following on from the pedagogical and poetic exemplarity of The Spanish Golden Age Sonnet, John Rutherford covers latter centuries in elegant and erudite fashion. His enviable ability to navigate Castilian, Catalan and Galician comes in handy. A lifetime of teaching and translating allows him to curate canonical and less-canonical works, demonstrating the towering influence of the Golden Age on subsequent centuries, whilst remaining alive to the possibilities of innovation and change in even the least celebrated periods of Spanish letters.""-- ""Professor Duncan Wheeler, Chair of Spanish Studies and Director of International Activities, University of Leeds"""
""John Rutherford has created a landmark anthology of sonnets written in Spain from the eighteenth century to the present: fifty sonneteers he translates from Catalan, Galician and Spanish with great verve and imagination. His commentaries on the writers, his translations and the art of the sonnet are lucid, learned and pithy, and he also loves the awkward and the ambiguous. His selection will be a revelation to Anglophone readers. Lorca and Machado are here, of course, but so are the magnificent Rosa Chacel and J.V.Foix. A major literary event!""-- ""Peter Bush, Former Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation"" ""As the second part of Cervantes's Don Quxiote proved, the commonplace that sequels invariably disappoint isn't always true. Following on from the pedagogical and poetic exemplarity of The Spanish Golden Age Sonnet, John Rutherford covers latter centuries in elegant and erudite fashion. His enviable ability to navigate Castilian, Catalan and Galician comes in handy. A lifetime of teaching and translating allows him to curate canonical and less-canonical works, demonstrating the towering influence of the Golden Age on subsequent centuries, whilst remaining alive to the possibilities of innovation and change in even the least celebrated periods of Spanish letters.""-- ""Professor Duncan Wheeler, Chair of Spanish Studies and Director of International Activities, University of Leeds""
Author Information
John Rutherford taught Spanish and Spanish-American language and literature at the University of Oxford for over forty years. Among his many translations are Don Quixote and La Regenta, both for Penguin Classics.
