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Article: Julio Ortega. Transatlantic Translations: Dialogues in Latin American Literature.(Book review)
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- World Literature Today
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- November 1, 2007
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Julio Ortega. Transatlantic Translations: Dialogues in Latin American Literature. Philip Derbyshire, tr. London. Reaktion (University of Chicago Press, distr.). 2006. 222 pages. 25/$45 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1-86189287-X
JULIO ORTEGA'S importance in the Latin American community is threefold. First of all, he belongs to the generation of Latin Americanists who, in the context of the 1959 Cuban revolution, turned Latin American Studies (and with a strong base in literary and cultural studies) into a respectable academic enterprise, so much so that it can reputably vie in importance on most campuses with English Studies and with the notable displacement of the ...