Article 2013
Authors / editors: Meenakshi Bharat
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
Walt Whitman’s poetry displays a marked inclination towards oriental mysticism. It is this connection that I seek to examine in the latter day Hindi translation of Leaves of Grass by Chandrabali Singh.
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Ayten Tartici
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The article provides an analysis of Turkish translations of Walt Whitman, in particular of the famous line “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” The article further examines how Whitman was re-appropriated and refashioned in a novel cultural context and specu…
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Marta Skwara
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The text examines the Polish reception of Whitman’s “barbaric yawp,” beginning with pre-translational intertextual references made by the influential Polish poet Julian Tuwim (“Poezja,” 1921). Subsequently, the version of the “barbaric yawp” line from the introduction to the s…
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Andrey Azov
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The essay traces the history of Kornei Chukovsky’s translation of Whitman’s “yawp” into Russian, points out the oddities of the translation and suggests a tentative explanation of Chukovsky’s word choice. It also examines the “yawp” in the Russian translation of the film Dead …
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Bojana Aćamović
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The paper analyzes four Serbian (Serbo-Croatian) translations of the line “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world” that were made by Ivo Andrić, Tin Ujević, Ivan V. Lalić, and Dragan Purešić. The author is also interested in Whitman’s influence on the poetics of …
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Maria Clara Paro
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
This essay examines the different ways Walt Whitman’s “barbaric yawp” was translated into Portuguese and in so doing it offers information about Whitman’s literary reception in Brazil. Although it has taken almost 150 years for Brazilians to be able to read a complete version …
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Caterina Bernardini
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The article is a brief historical overview of the different Italian translations of Whitman’s line “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” Each translation is followed by short comments. An alternative solution is proposed by the author.
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Éric Athenot
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The French editions of Whitman’s “Song of Myself ” have had from the start to contend with two difficulties—the “yawp” and the choice between a static or a more dynamic rendering of the poet’s cry. From the trail-blazing Bazalgette text (1909) to the latest Darras volume (2002…
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Vanessa Steinroetter
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
This essay presents an overview and analysis of German-language translations of Walt Whitman’s phrase “barbaric yawp” in seven full versions of the poem “Song of Myself ” and in key biographical essays and prefaces by critics and translators in the German-speaking countries. …
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Anders Pettersson
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The article discusses the pros and cons of the three Swedish translations of the “yawp” and comments on their historical context and general character. The three Swedish versions differ in background and tone but are very similar in their treatment of the yawp itself. In his c…
ISSN: 2081-8718
Article 2013
Authors / editors: Ed Folsom
Published in: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
The introduction examines the origins and history of the word “yawp,” offers an overview of how Whitman’s “barbaric yawp” has been interpreted in criticism about “Song of Myself ” and suggests some of the challenges in translating the phrase.
ISSN: 2081-8718
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