Apocryphal Lorca
Subtitle: translation, parody, kitsch
By: Jonathan Mayhew.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780226512037
Subjects: García Lorca, Federico, -- 1898-1936 -- Influence; García Lorca, Federico, -- 1898-1936 -- Translations into English; García Lorca, Federico, -- 1898-1936 -- Parodies, imitations, etc; García Lorca, Federico, -- 1898-1936 -- Adaptations; García Lorca, Federico, -- 1898-1936 -- Appreciation -- United States; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American poetry -- Spanish influences
Description: As Mayhew assesses Lorca's considerable influence on the American literary scene of the latter half of the 20th century he uncovers fundamental truths about contemporary poetry, the uses and abuses of translation, and Lorca himself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Federico García Lorca (himself); title: The American agenda; title: Poet-translators: Langston Hughes to Paul Blackburn; title: The deep image; title: Apocryphal Lorca: Robert Creeley and Jack Spicer; title: Frank O'Hara's "Lorcaescas"; title: Kenneth Koch: parody and pedagogy; title: Jerome Rothenberg: the Lorca variations.