Translating Walt Whitman’s “Barbaric Yawp.” Introduction

• Authors: Ed Folsom
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The introduction examines the origins and history of the word “yawp,” offers an overview of how Whitman’s “barbaric yawp” has been interpreted in criticism about “Song of Myself ” and suggests some of the challenges in translating the phrase.

Keywords

EN

comparative literature, translation studies, Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Szczeciński. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Pages: p. 255-263

Contributors

author

Ed Folsom

• University of Iowa