James Maraniss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5780475 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Maraniss |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Maraniss |
| SIGNATURE | MARANISS J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 186 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Boom
Translating Antonio Benítez-Rojo
The essay deals with the attempt to achieve fidelity in the translation of Antonio Benítez-Rojo’s fiction: to find an English prose rhythm adequate to a rendition of his novel El mar de las lentejas as Sea of Lentils. It includes some biography and criticism, anchored by an intimate twenty-five-year friendship between Maraniss and Benítez-Rojo
The Repeating Island
the repeating islandIn recent decades we have begun to see a clearer outline to the profile of a group of American nations whose colonial experiences and languages have been different, but which share certain undeniable features.I mean the countries usually called "Caribbean" or "of the Caribbean basin."This designation might serve a foreign purpose-the great powers' need to recodify the world's territory better to know, to dominate it-as well as…
Sea of Lentils
Order and Disorder in Caribbean Thought and Literature
The Repeating Island
the repeating islandIn recent decades we have begun to see a clearer outline to the profile of a group of American nations whose colonial experiences and languages have been different, but which share certain undeniable features.I mean the countries usually called "Caribbean" or "of the Caribbean basin."This designation might serve a foreign purpose-the great powers' need to recodify the world's territory better to know, to dominate it-as well as…
Sea of Lentils
Order and Disorder in Caribbean Thought and Literature
The Repeating Island
the repeating islandIn recent decades we have begun to see a clearer outline to the profile of a group of American nations whose colonial experiences and languages have been different, but which share certain undeniable features.I mean the countries usually called "Caribbean" or "of the Caribbean basin."This designation might serve a foreign purpose-the great powers' need to recodify the world's territory better to know, to dominate it-as well as…
Translating Antonio Benítez-Rojo
The essay deals with the attempt to achieve fidelity in the translation of Antonio Benítez-Rojo’s fiction: to find an English prose rhythm adequate to a rendition of his novel El mar de las lentejas as Sea of Lentils. It includes some biography and criticism, anchored by an intimate twenty-five-year friendship between Maraniss and Benítez-Rojo
The Boom
Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · 809/.89729 (1 works) · Area del Caribe (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Biography (1 works)