Martin E Erickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5779945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin E Erickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin E |
| FAMILY NAME | Erickson |
| SIGNATURE | ERICKSON M E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1942 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
History as a Source of Drama
will grow up in poverty. The youngest of five brothers had fallen ill, and his illness was so prolonged that the family money gave out buying medicines for the sick boy. When dessert was no longer served at table, the youngsters asked why, only to be told that there was no money. Shortly afterwards the brother died; things gradually returned to normal, and eventually dessert was served again. Overjoyed at the reappearance of their longed-for swee…
Contemporary Spanish American Fiction
Some Little-Known Guatemalan Publications
A LTHOUGH Mexico can lay claim to the first newspaper in the New World, Guatemala can claim the distinction of producing the first true newspaper reporter. He was Juan Rodriguez and he reported the terrific earthquake that leveled the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala on September 10 and 11, 1541. His story of the earthquake was printed by Juan Pablos in Mexico in 1542. The text may be consulted in Jose Toribio Medina's La imprenta …
Central America
C ENTRAL AMERICA has long been relatively neglected as a source of literary research in spite of the fact that it was the third regional government set up by Spain in the New World. Yet much of the best reporting done by any of the early chroniclers came from the Capitania General de Guatemala. Bernal Diaz del Castillo wrote his history in Guatemala, where his original manuscript still remains; but he is spoken of, more often than not, as having …
Foreign Languages and Cultures in American Education
Three Guatemalan Translators of Poe
N HIS excellent study on Poe,' Mr. Englekirk remarks that Like Bonalde's version of 'The Raven,' earliest Spanish translation of 'The Bells' (1884) by Guatemalan poet Domingo Estrada seems destined to endure as favorite.2 And well it may, for Estrada with his wonderful sense for sound and rhythm has proved himself an able poet in translating Poe. The remarkable feature of Estrada's translation is, as Englekirk says, the extent to which poet has e…
Antonio Batres Jauregui
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Three Guatemalan Translators of Poe
N HIS excellent study on Poe,' Mr. Englekirk remarks that Like Bonalde's version of 'The Raven,' earliest Spanish translation of 'The Bells' (1884) by Guatemalan poet Domingo Estrada seems destined to endure as favorite.2 And well it may, for Estrada with his wonderful sense for sound and rhythm has proved himself an able poet in translating Poe. The remarkable feature of Estrada's translation is, as Englekirk says, the extent to which poet has e…
Antonio Batres Jauregui
Foreign Languages and Cultures in American Education
Central America
C ENTRAL AMERICA has long been relatively neglected as a source of literary research in spite of the fact that it was the third regional government set up by Spain in the New World. Yet much of the best reporting done by any of the early chroniclers came from the Capitania General de Guatemala. Bernal Diaz del Castillo wrote his history in Guatemala, where his original manuscript still remains; but he is spoken of, more often than not, as having …
Contemporary Spanish American Fiction
Some Little-Known Guatemalan Publications
A LTHOUGH Mexico can lay claim to the first newspaper in the New World, Guatemala can claim the distinction of producing the first true newspaper reporter. He was Juan Rodriguez and he reported the terrific earthquake that leveled the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala on September 10 and 11, 1541. His story of the earthquake was printed by Juan Pablos in Mexico in 1542. The text may be consulted in Jose Toribio Medina's La imprenta …
History as a Source of Drama
will grow up in poverty. The youngest of five brothers had fallen ill, and his illness was so prolonged that the family money gave out buying medicines for the sick boy. When dessert was no longer served at table, the youngsters asked why, only to be told that there was no money. Shortly afterwards the brother died; things gradually returned to normal, and eventually dessert was served again. Overjoyed at the reappearance of their longed-for swee…
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