Translated Poe

[This book] offer[s] a groundbreaking examination of Poe's afterlife abroad. It is, of course, a study of Poe translation and translators, but it also goes much further using translation to illuminate the reception, interpretation, and influence of Poe's work. . . .Overall, this collection moves forward our understanding of the world-writer status of Edgar Poe in powerful and innovative ways. * The Edgar Allan Poe Review *
This is a fascinating book that makes a valuable contribution not only to Poe studies but also to the linked fields of translation studies and comparative and world literature studies. . . .In aggregate, the essays presented here—and all are of comparatively high quality, unusually so for such a large collection—make manifest Poe’s enormous impact on world literature. . . .This book is a model for what can be done when translation studies and comparative and world literature studies come together productively so that the shaping power of translation in individual literatures is both acknowledged and celebrated. -- Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick and University of Glasgow, UK * Poe Studies *
Translated Poe [is] a collection of critical studies that must be considered as the most serious attempt to put in context both translations of Poe’s oeuvre and their impact on national literatures. . . .Translated Poe is not only an ambitious book within Poe studies, but a milestone in translation studies partly thanks to the worldwide projection of the American author. It should also be considered an outstanding project for its multi-perspective analyses of translations of the fiction and poetry of one of America’s most acclaimed authors. . . .The edition is almost impeccable and all chapters are read with great interest and enjoyment. In short, it seems fitting to acknowledge that Margarida Vale de Gato and Emron Esplin have successfully achieved a pioneering volume thanks to their ability to combine experts in the Poe tradition from different nationalities and accomplished translators of the American author in a great variety of languages. The volume may not only be considered a continuation of Poe Abroad, as its scope goes further beyond that of Vines’ book, but a groundbreaking contribution which may soon become a landmark in Poe studies. * International Journal of English Studies *
Translated Poe, however, is an extremely important study that fully adapts and concretizes this approach. Thirty one esteemed academicians who are deeply involved in literature and translation (studies) from all comers of the world, contributed to this study. Translated Poe gives sight into how the works of the poet, short story writer and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe as being one of the most significant literary figures in the 19th century have shaped literatures in nineteen different countries and also how his image has been shaped in those places. . . . The transformations driven by literary translation activities in the national literary polysystems are worth examining and illuminating in the light of translation theories. Such studies are of great importance to reveal the affiliation and interaction between literature and translation (studies) with the help of concrete examples. Thus Translated Poe fills the gap in those discussions and serves as a model for future studies. The study not only appeals to translation scholars, translation critics, students at translation departments or the ones who are in some way involved in the field but also literary scholars, critics and students of philology departments together with Poe lovers. * I.U. Journal of Translation Studies *
By reading Poe in translation, and by analyzing the various transformations that occur in his poems, stories, and essays as they shift from one language to another, a richer understanding of the so-called “original” becomes not only possible but inevitable.... As a reference work, Translated Poe usefully supplements earlier transnational and global studies of Poe. * Comparative Literature Studies *
The book has benefited from the contribution of a wide range of experts on both Poe and the different national literatures analysed, and the result is a selection of very high-quality papers. Furthermore, the theoretical framework of each chapter constitutes in itself an extremely complete and updated bibliography of the author and of translations studies in general. The volume ends with a very useful index of names and works, along with brief biographical notes on each contributor.... Translated Poe has already become an important reference work in its field, demonstrating the growing interest in Edgar Allan Poe and the evolution of this interest in different countries over the years. This volume proves that Poe is no longer simply an American author, but rather a universal one who has been assimilated by multiple and varied cultures. This study, though, also highlights the importance of the translator as a key figure in reception studies. Different disciplines, authors and historical periods, therefore, all intermingle in this academic work, showing that literature forms a complex network in which many different systems of thought merge. * Atlantis *
Whatever our target language, whatever our region covered within, whatever our research direction, the present volume is a fascinated place to start from. * Anadiss *