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What goes into the translating of a poem? Usually that process gets forgotten once the new poem stands intact in translation. Yet a verse translation derives from historical, biographical, and philosophical research, interpretive analysis of the original poem, and continuous linguistic and prosodic choices that parallel those the poet made. Taking as a text Pablo Neruda's brilliant prophetic sequence "Alturas de Macchu Picchu" (1945), the author here re-creates the entire process of translation, from his first encounter with the poem to the last shaping of a phrase that may never come right in English. This many-faceted book forms an essay on the theory and practice of literary translation, a study of Neruda's career through 1945, and an interpretation of his major poem, all of which lead to a striking new poem in English, "Heights of Macchu Picchu," printed along with the original Spanish. This genesis of a verse translation also includes little-known biographical data, hitherto untranslated poems and prose from the years 1920 to 1945, and new translations of key poems from Neruda's "Residence on Earth" and "Spain in My Heart."

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Translating Neruda
• Subtitle: The Way to Macchu Picchu
• Author: John Felstiner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284
• EAN: 9780804713276
• ISBN: 0804713278
• ID: 04715872
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Weight: 372 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 18 mm

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