A01=Jonathan Mayhew
adaptation
afterlife
allen ginsberg
american poets
Author_Jonathan Mayhew
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cold war
duncan
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essays
federico garcia lorca
frank ohara
imitation
influence
jack spicer
jerome rothenberg
kenneth koch
langston hughes
legacy
literature
lorcaescas
parody
pastiche
paul blackburn
pedagogy
poetry
robert creeley
spain
translation
variations
Product details
- ISBN 9780226512037
- Weight: 397g
- Dimensions: 15 x 22mm
- Publication Date: 07 Apr 2009
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) had an enormous impact on the generation of American poets who came of age during the cold war, from Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg to Robert Creeley and Jerome Rothenberg. In large numbers, these poets have not only translated his works, but written imitations, parodies, and pastiches - along with essays and critical reviews. Jonathan Mayhew's "Apocryphal Lorca" is an exploration of the afterlife of this legendary Spanish writer in the poetic culture of the United States. The book examines how Lorca in English translation has become a specifically American poet, adapted to American cultural and ideological desiderata - one that bears little resemblance to his original corpus, or even his Spanish legacy. As Mayhew assesses Lorca's considerable influence on the American literary scene of the latter half of the twentieth century, he uncovers fundamental truths about contemporary poetry, the uses and abuses of translation, and Lorca himself.
Jonathan Mayhew is associate professor of Spanish at the University of Kansas. He is the author of four books, most recently of The Twilight of the Avant-Garde: Spanish Poetry, 1980-2000.
