Translating Walt Whitman’s “Barbaric Yawp.” Introduction

Ed Folsom

Rocznik Komparatystyczny

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Ed Folsom. (2013). Translating Walt Whitman’s “Barbaric Yawp.” Introduction. Rocznik Komparatystyczny. 4 (2013). 255-263

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ISSN:	2081-8718
eISSN:	2353-2831
Authors:	Ed Folsom The University of Iowa
Keywords:	comparative literature translation studies Walt Whitman “Song of Myself ”
Issue / book publication date:	2013
Page range:	9 (255-263)
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Abstract

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.

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