Italian Yawps
Italian Yawps
Author(s): Caterina BernardiniSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: comparative literature; translation studies; Walt Whitman; “Song of Myself;” Italian literature
Summary/Abstract: The article is a brief historical overview of the different Italian translations of Whitman’s line “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” Each translation is followed by short comments. An alternative solution is proposed by the author.
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 299-303
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English