Leslie J Harkema
Biographic Data
| ID | 5947478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie J Harkema |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie J |
| FAMILY NAME | Harkema |
| SIGNATURE | HARKEMA L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4458-2319 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Transplanting the jocs florals
This article approaches the role of translation in Iberian literary modernity not as a question of importation of foreign models from Europe but rather as a question of the circulation of texts and cultural traditions within Iberia. It focuses on translation projects that originated within and among Iberian cultures in the nineteenth century, and that projected themselves outward. This study proposes a genealogy that links the revival and spread …
Translation, Gender and the Republic of Letters in José de Cadalso’s Los eruditos a la violeta and Its Suplemento
In this article I study José de Cadalso’s satirical work Los eruditos a la violeta and its Suplemento (both published in 1772), in relation to the changing understanding of the ‘Republic of Letters’ in late eighteenth-century Spain. In doing this, I focus particularly on the discussion of translation initiated by a fictional female reader at the beginning of the supplementary text. Arguing that the Suplemento subverts the conception of the litera…
Miau and Spanish Science
Miau and Spanish Science Leslie J. Harkema A pivotal scene in Benito Pérez Galdós’ Miau (1888) focuses on the intellectual capacities of Ramón Villaamil, a lifelong civil servant whom the novel presents as both marginalized by and thoroughly representative of modern Spanish society. In the story’s twenty-second chapter, Ramón lays out a plan for reforming the Spanish economy that he has worked out over decades as an employee of the Ministry of th…
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Translation, Gender and the Republic of Letters in José de Cadalso’s Los eruditos a la violeta and Its Suplemento
In this article I study José de Cadalso’s satirical work Los eruditos a la violeta and its Suplemento (both published in 1772), in relation to the changing understanding of the ‘Republic of Letters’ in late eighteenth-century Spain. In doing this, I focus particularly on the discussion of translation initiated by a fictional female reader at the beginning of the supplementary text. Arguing that the Suplemento subverts the conception of the litera…
Miau and Spanish Science
Miau and Spanish Science Leslie J. Harkema A pivotal scene in Benito Pérez Galdós’ Miau (1888) focuses on the intellectual capacities of Ramón Villaamil, a lifelong civil servant whom the novel presents as both marginalized by and thoroughly representative of modern Spanish society. In the story’s twenty-second chapter, Ramón lays out a plan for reforming the Spanish economy that he has worked out over decades as an employee of the Ministry of th…
Transplanting the jocs florals
This article approaches the role of translation in Iberian literary modernity not as a question of importation of foreign models from Europe but rather as a question of the circulation of texts and cultural traditions within Iberia. It focuses on translation projects that originated within and among Iberian cultures in the nineteenth century, and that projected themselves outward. This study proposes a genealogy that links the revival and spread …
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