Martin Mckinsey
Biographic Data
| ID | 3672796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Mckinsey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckinsey |
| SIGNATURE | MCKINSEY M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Missing Sounds and Mutable Meanings: Names in Derek Walcott's Omeros
Missing Sounds and Mutable MeaningsNames in Derek Walcott's Omeros Martin McKinsey (bio) If, as modern theory tells us, the world is shaped-and misshaped-in language, then the question of who has the power to name, who is being named, and in what language, is of paramount importance. In the age of European expansion, the naming of foreign places and landscapes was inseparable from the project of imperial annexation. "It was in naming," writes Mar…
[Moysa] and Muse: Notes From a Collaboration
In 1999, the author worked as Writer-in-Residence at Princeton's Program in Hellenic Studies with Cypriot poet Kyriakos Haralambidis on English versions of his work. The essay is based on the journal kept by the translator during that month-long collaboration. It explores the dynamics of the poet-translator relationship as it emerged in daily work sessions, as well as the geopolitical realities that loom over all such cultural transactions--above…
Missing Sounds and Mutable Meanings: Names in Derek Walcott's Omeros
Missing Sounds and Mutable MeaningsNames in Derek Walcott's Omeros Martin McKinsey (bio) If, as modern theory tells us, the world is shaped-and misshaped-in language, then the question of who has the power to name, who is being named, and in what language, is of paramount importance. In the age of European expansion, the naming of foreign places and landscapes was inseparable from the project of imperial annexation. "It was in naming," writes Mar…
[Moysa] and Muse: Notes From a Collaboration
In 1999, the author worked as Writer-in-Residence at Princeton's Program in Hellenic Studies with Cypriot poet Kyriakos Haralambidis on English versions of his work. The essay is based on the journal kept by the translator during that month-long collaboration. It explores the dynamics of the poet-translator relationship as it emerged in daily work sessions, as well as the geopolitical realities that loom over all such cultural transactions--above…
Missing Sounds and Mutable Meanings: Names in Derek Walcott's Omeros
Missing Sounds and Mutable MeaningsNames in Derek Walcott's Omeros Martin McKinsey (bio) If, as modern theory tells us, the world is shaped-and misshaped-in language, then the question of who has the power to name, who is being named, and in what language, is of paramount importance. In the age of European expansion, the naming of foreign places and landscapes was inseparable from the project of imperial annexation. "It was in naming," writes Mar…
Annexation (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Geopolitics (1 works) · History (1 works) · Humanities (1 works) · Independence (1 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (1 works)