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

Kevin Windle

doi:10.11606/issn.2317-4765.rus.2014.88707

Autores

Kevin Windle Australian National University in Canberra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-4765.rus.2014.88707

Palavras-chave:

Nabokov, Sergei Aksakov, English translations, Natural history

Resumo

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.

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Biografia do Autor

Kevin Windle, Australian National University in Canberra

Associate Professor Kevin Windle teaches Russian and Translation Studies in the School of Language Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra

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