Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History

Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History

This article considers English translations of Sergei Aksakov‟s pastoral trilogy (1856-58), or parts of it, by „a Russian lady‟ (1871), James Duff (1916-24), and M. C. Beverley (1924), in the light of Vladimir Nabokov‟s pronouncements about literary translation in general and his dismissive statemen...

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Main Author: Kevin Windle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2014-12-01
Series:RUS (São Paulo)
Subjects:
Nabokov
Sergei Aksakov
English translations
Natural history
Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/rus/article/view/88707
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spelling doaj-42c4f9e2e3074cceb3087b1ff74570972020-11-25T03:55:43ZengUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)RUS (São Paulo)2317-47652014-12-014410.11606/issn.2317-4765.rus.2014.88707Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural HistoryKevin Windle0Australian National University in CanberraThis article considers English translations of Sergei Aksakov‟s pastoral trilogy (1856-58), or parts of it, by „a Russian lady‟ (1871), James Duff (1916-24), and M. C. Beverley (1924), in the light of Vladimir Nabokov‟s pronouncements about literary translation in general and his dismissive statements about Aksakov as a writer. Particular attention is devoted to Aksakov‟s descriptions of the flora and wild life of the province of Ufa and the difficulties this posed for the translators. It concludes with selected passages from the trilogy in which these matters are especially prominent, in the author‟s English translation.http://www.revistas.usp.br/rus/article/view/88707NabokovSergei AksakovEnglish translationsNatural history
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Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History
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Nabokov
Sergei Aksakov
English translations
Natural history
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title Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History
title_short Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History
title_full Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History
title_fullStr Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History
title_full_unstemmed Nabokov, “the Wretched Aksakov”, and Early English Translations of Sergei Aksakov’s Autobiographical Prose. Problems of Natural History
title_sort nabokov, “the wretched aksakov”, and early english translations of sergei aksakov’s autobiographical prose. problems of natural history
publisher Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
series RUS (São Paulo)
issn 2317-4765
publishDate 2014-12-01
description This article considers English translations of Sergei Aksakov‟s pastoral trilogy (1856-58), or parts of it, by „a Russian lady‟ (1871), James Duff (1916-24), and M. C. Beverley (1924), in the light of Vladimir Nabokov‟s pronouncements about literary translation in general and his dismissive statements about Aksakov as a writer. Particular attention is devoted to Aksakov‟s descriptions of the flora and wild life of the province of Ufa and the difficulties this posed for the translators. It concludes with selected passages from the trilogy in which these matters are especially prominent, in the author‟s English translation.
topic Nabokov
Sergei Aksakov
English translations
Natural history
url http://www.revistas.usp.br/rus/article/view/88707
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