H.D. and the translation of classical greek literature
- VARNEY, Jennifer
- Anthony Pym Directeur/trice
Université de défendre: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Fecha de defensa: 28 septembre 2011
- Isabel Carrera Suárez President
- Elizabeth Russell Secrétaire
- Andrew Chesterman Rapporteur
- Karin Littau Rapporteur
- John Style Rapporteur
Type: Thèses
Résumé
Throughout her career, the American poet H.D. (1886-1961) engaged with classical myth. Despite the numerous translations from Greek tragedy that H.D. produced, very little research has been carried out into this area of the poet's work. In order to identify the influences and power relations that fed into H.D.'s translations and shaped her activity as translator, this thesis analyses not only the translations that H.D. produced during the early stages of her career (1913-1920), but also the contexts in which these translations were rendered. The driving force behind this study is the desire to interrogate H.D.'s treatment of gender in her translations and the extent to which questions of gender were relevant to her role as translator.