"Something Foreign In It": A Study of an Iranian Translation of Whitman's Image

Addressing Walt Whitman’s reception in Iran, the present essay focuses on the front cover of a book-length translation of Whitman into Persian to study how Whitman’s image is visually translated for an Iranian audience. Among literary discourses of contemporary Iran, the one that associates poetry with mysticism plays the most significant role in this translation.
Key Words: Reception Studies, Comparative Literature, Walt Whitman, Iran, Persian Poetry