Catalan Literature in English
Reception, Theory, and Translation
Edited by John London
Click cover to enlarge Booksellers & libraries: | Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures 66 Legenda
ISBN: 978-1-839543-79-1 (hardback) • RRP £95, $120, €120 ISBN: 978-1-839543-80-7 (paperback, forthcoming) ISBN: 978-1-839543-81-4 (JSTOR ebook) Only two modern Catalan novels were published in English between 1900 and 1980, but by 2023 Eva Baltasar's Boulder had reached the short list for the International Booker Prize. From Joanot Martorell’s Tirant lo Blanc to Jaume Cabré’s Confessions, Catalan fiction now represents a commercial proposition for publishers in Britain and the USA. There are also English versions of much Catalan poetry and several Catalan plays have made their way onto English-speaking stages. Can this interest be attributed to the new status of Catalonia or to European fashions? How successful are these translations from a literary and linguistic perspective? What image do they propagate of Catalan identity? How is there a longer history of the English reception of Catalan texts, dating back to the fifteenth century? And what is not being translated? This book is the first to examine the phenomenon of the Anglophone presence of Catalan literature through the reception of Catalan authors and the nature of existing translations. It is unique, as well, in presenting the perspective of practising professional translators as well as scholars in Spain, the UK and the USA. Contributors include major translators (Peter Bush and Mara Lethem) as well as scholars (such as Mark Johnston and Sharon Feldman) and a significant figure in Translation Studies (Lawrence Venuti). John London is Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the Centre for Catalan Studies at Queen Mary University of London. Bibliography entry: London, John (ed.), Catalan Literature in English: Reception, Theory, and Translation, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, 66 (Legenda, 2026) First footnote reference: 35 Catalan Literature in English: Reception, Theory, and Translation, ed. by John London, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, 66 (Legenda, 2026), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 London, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: London, John (ed.). 2026. Catalan Literature in English: Reception, Theory, and Translation, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, 66 (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (London 2026: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 London 2026: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Catalan-Literature-in-English www.mhra.org.uk/publications/shlc-66 |
September 2026 • 258pp