Dreams Deferred in Arabic
Translating Langston Hughes from the United States to Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23410704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle Hartman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 276-286 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Langston Hughes in Context (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781009057783.030 |
| OpenAlex | W4308642387 |
| ISBN | 9781009057783 |
| Language | EN |
The poetry of Langston Hughes has traveled extensively into Arabic through translation, both in formal publications and on the internet. This chapter explores a range of these translations, in Arab American contexts in the United States and within the Arab world, focusing in particular on one poem, “Harlem [2].” It examines the use of Hughes as a symbol of Black America, and representative of Black poetry and arts, as well as some of the intricacies of English-Arabic translation, including a focus on content and meaning over form and stylistics in rendering his work in Arabic.
Arabic · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Stylistics · Symbol (formal) · The arts · Visual arts · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |