Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Savage Comedies

Christopher Colbath; Luis M. González

Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Savage Comedies

Translated and edited by Christopher Colbath and Luis M. González

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Ramón Maria del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), Spanish playwright and novelist

New Translations 15

Modern Humanities Research Association

18 March 2022

ISBN: 978-1-781889-69-5 (paperback) • RRP £14.99, $19.99, €17.99

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Among the great figures of European modernism, Ramón Maria del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936) remains relatively unknown and unappreciated outside his native Spain. His large and diverse oeuvre includes prose, poetry, drama as well as critical and journalistic essays. His deeply personal belletristic style evolved from the symbolist aesthetic to the more mature variant of expressionism of his output in the 1920s and ’30s, which he termed esperpento.

This volume presents translations of his dramatic trilogy Comedias Bárbaras (Savage Comedies), consisting of Cara de plata (Golden Boy, 1922), Águila de blasón (The Blazoned Eagle, 1907) and Romance de Lobos (Wolves Rampant, 1908), together with notes and an introduction that will provide readers with historical and biographical context.

Reviews:

‘Gracias a este nuevo volumen que nos ofrece la Modern Humanities Research Association, el público de habla inglesa tendrá la oportunidad de adentrarse en el universo valleinclaniano, disfrutar de la lectura de las Comedias bárbaras, y valorar las importantes contribuciones hechas por Valle-Inclán a la literatura española y al teatro modernista europeo.’ — Mercedes Tasende, Bulletin of Spanish Studies 99, 2022, 915-16
‘Colbath and González explain that in translating the three texts their principal aim was to “be faithful first and foremost to the uncanny and beautiful atmospheres conjured up in the text” (16) and their success in this endeavor is to be applauded. Noting Valle-Inclán’s rich polyphonic style, they point to the texts’ abrupt transitions among discursive registers: colloquialisms shift into courtly language which then shifts into archaic diction. Colbath and González handle these linguistic challenges deftly, producing a translation that is both readable and protective of the linguistic diversity of the original. Difficult for native speakers of Spanish, Valle-Inclán’s language is very challenging for non-native speakers. Colbath and González’s translation opens up the late nineteenth-century world created by Valle-Inclán to both an English-reading general audience and students interested in Valle-Inclán and his particular take on literary modernism.’ — Elizabeth Drumm, Hispania 106.2, June 2023, 343-44 (full text online)

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1-18	Introduction Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.3	Cite
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20-46	Act One Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.4	Cite
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47-77	Act Two Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.5	Cite
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78-101	Act Three Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.6	Cite
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102-104	[Introduction] Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.7	Cite
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105-117	Act One Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.8	Cite
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118-139	Act Two Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.9	Cite
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140-167	Act Three Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.10	Cite
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168-192	Act Four Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.11	Cite
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193-206	Act Five Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.12	Cite
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231-261	Act Two Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.14	Cite
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262-288	Act Three Christopher Colbath, Luis M. González doi:10.2307/j.ctv2djhgf9.15	Cite
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Translated, edited by Christopher Colbath, and Luis M. González, Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Savage Comedies, New Translations, 15 (Cambridge: MHRA, 2022)

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