Blanco White’s Translations from El conde Lucanor: Two Medieval Spanish Tales in Romantic Britain
This paper analyses Joseph Blanco White’s English translations of tales XI and XLIV of Don Juan Manuel’s El conde Lucanor (c. 1331-1335), which were published in the New Monthly Magazine in 1824. In these fairly free translations, Blanco rewrites and recontextualises the tales by updating and adapti...
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| description | This paper analyses Joseph Blanco White’s English translations of tales XI and XLIV of Don Juan Manuel’s El conde Lucanor (c. 1331-1335), which were published in the New Monthly Magazine in 1824. In these fairly free translations, Blanco rewrites and recontextualises the tales by updating and adapting them to the knowledge and expectations of the target readership. His translation decisions, paratexts and the articles on El conde Lucanor that he also published in Variedades; o Mensajero de Londres in 1824 shed light on his ideas on Spanish literature and national identity as well as on his role as commentator and disseminator of Spanish culture in Britain. His translations construct a particular representation of Spain where he underlines those aspects that he believes to be genuinely Spanish, while also including some stereotypical elements of the Romantic image of Spain in Britain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c04ea4804a045aabf1cbda07109fbb92022-12-23T23:02:46ZengAsociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos (AEDEAN)Atlantis1989-68402022-12-0144210812510.28914/Atlantis-2022-44.2.06Blanco White’s Translations from El conde Lucanor: Two Medieval Spanish Tales in Romantic BritainSara Medina Calzada0Universidad de ValladolidThis paper analyses Joseph Blanco White’s English translations of tales XI and XLIV of Don Juan Manuel’s El conde Lucanor (c. 1331-1335), which were published in the New Monthly Magazine in 1824. In these fairly free translations, Blanco rewrites and recontextualises the tales by updating and adapting them to the knowledge and expectations of the target readership. His translation decisions, paratexts and the articles on El conde Lucanor that he also published in Variedades; o Mensajero de Londres in 1824 shed light on his ideas on Spanish literature and national identity as well as on his role as commentator and disseminator of Spanish culture in Britain. His translations construct a particular representation of Spain where he underlines those aspects that he believes to be genuinely Spanish, while also including some stereotypical elements of the Romantic image of Spain in Britain.https://www.atlantisjournal.org/index.php/atlantis/article/view/853 |
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| title | Blanco White’s Translations from El conde Lucanor: Two Medieval Spanish Tales in Romantic Britain |
| title_full | Blanco White’s Translations from El conde Lucanor: Two Medieval Spanish Tales in Romantic Britain |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Blanco White’s Translations from El conde Lucanor: Two Medieval Spanish Tales in Romantic Britain |
| title_short | Blanco White’s Translations from El conde Lucanor: Two Medieval Spanish Tales in Romantic Britain |
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| url | https://www.atlantisjournal.org/index.php/atlantis/article/view/853 |
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