Category Archives: Portuguese

Elizabeth Bishop: “Brazil, January 1, 2015” or “Manuelzinho:?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by wcd2

May 1, 2015 The Table of Contents, the print anthology as a finite, bounded object — they loom large. While they do that, though, this blog is going to hold out for a little longer, not going there yet. … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Brazil, Colonization, Food in literature, Global South, indigenous communities, Latin America, Poetry, Portuguese, Racial violence, Twentieth century literature, Uncategorized | Tagged 1502, Brazil, Elizabeth Bishop, January 1, Manuelhinzo | Leave a comment

Tender is the Translation

Posted on June 20, 2012 by wcd2

June 20, 2012 Because of my online lectures on Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, I’ve been getting inquiries about these authors from Asia, Europe, South America – many viewers of the Open Yale Courses are outside the US. This week I … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Arabic, Asia, Brazil, Comparative literature, Contemporary novel, Global South, Latin America, Media, Middle East, Portuguese, print medium, Publishers, Translation, Twentieth century literature, world literature | Tagged Asia, Beckett, Cosac Naify, Danish literature, Europe, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Flaubert, Fru Marie Grubbe, Gyula Krúdy, Hemingway, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Lady Chatterley's Lover, New York Times, Open Yale Courses, Sinbad;s Youth, South America, Tender is the Night, The Arabic Nights, The Wishing Tree, Tolstoy | 2 Comments