On Self-Translation: Meditations on Language

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A fascinating collection of essays and conversations on the changing nature of language. Contents Preface Part I: Meeting The “I” On Self-Translation Part II: Meditations Alphabetizing As It Were Parable of Don Quixote Finger Snapping The Tenure Code Transadaptation Ellipses and I On Clarity Auto-corrected Part III: Beyond Words On Being Misunderstood Part I: The Lecture Part II: The Response Against Representation The Monkey Grammarian Midrash on Truth Don Quixote in Schlemieland Dying in Hebrew The Reading Life of Ricardo Piglia Adiós, Chespirito Part IV: On Fútbol “Sudden Death” Van Persie’s Goal Box of Resonance Part V: Language And Politics Trump and the Wall Why Doesn’t English Have an Academy? Shakespeare in Prison The Spanish Language in Latin America Since Independence Castellano, Español, or Españoles? Andrés Bello: The Philologist’s Task Toward a Modern Tongue The Embattled Real Academia Española: The Question of Regionalisms The Power of Variety Against “Diversity” Rolling One’s R’s Part VI: Conversations The Poet’s Alchemy (with Richard Wilbur) On Silence (with Charles Hatfield) Translating Cervantes (with Diana de Armas Wilson) The Color of Existence (with Ryan Mihaly) The Downpour of Inspiration (with Asymptote) The Translingual Sensibility (with Steven G. Kellman) Rescuing the Classics (with Lydia Davis) Part VII: Onto Spanglish Un Walker En Nuyol [1] From El Gueto [2] To the Subway [3] The Big Wong [4] Is this Queens? [5] Carpe Diem Hamlet, Acto 2, Scene Dos [fragment] and Acto 3, Scene Uno Acto 2, Scene Dos [Fragment] Acto 3, Scene Uno El Little Príncipe, Chapters I–IV Don Quixote, Parte Ii, Chapter 72 Spanglish and The Royal Academy About the Author Index