Преводна рецепция на английската литература в България: сп. "Българо-британски преглед"

The primary carriers of translations and criticism of British literature in Bulgaria in the second half of the 19th century and up to the 1950s are not books but rather periodicals. The current study discusses the reception of British literature in Bulgaria in Bulgarian-British Review; a monthly magazine issued from 1927 to 1940 in Sofia. The priority of the magazine is to reflect the economic and political situation in Bulgaria for the British audience and to encourage the economic relations between Bulgaria and Britain. The publications addressed to the Bulgarian reader include some of the first articles on British literature in Bulgaria. These articles' authors are clearly not literary scholars but they have a pronounced stand on literary subjects and do not fear to oppose renowned British critics. As a result, their observations on British literature are decades ahead of their times. In Bulgarian-British Review, Costadin Chakarov and Nikolay Donchev praise the literary talent of D.H. Lawrence at a time when his novels were forbidden in Britain. There is reason to believe that Chakarov's and Donchev's articles encouraged the translation of D. H. Lawrence in Bulgaria and as a result his novels were published in Bulgaria quite early. Anna D. Vesova describes Dickens and Thackeray as "humorists". She also claims that George Eliot's strength as an author lies in her scientific methods of psychological analysis, which British critics claim to be a flaw, years before Eliot took her place in critical studies in Bulgaria. In Bulgarian-British Review, Donchev publishes some of the first articles on the reception of British literature in Bulgaria - he lists the authors and works translated at the time, sometimes mentioning the translator and the source language; he provides a study on the plays by British playwrights that have been on Bulgarian stage; he also studies the influence of British on Bulgarian authors. In Bulgarian-British Review, Vera Guevgelieva writes a comparative article on the lives and works of Robert Burns and Khristo Botev for an English-speaking audience. The articles on British literature in Bulgarian-British Review are many and they discuss different authors, periods and genres. Apparently, the magazine had an important role in the reception of British literature in Bulgaria, as well as a significant contribution to the Bulgarian culture at the time.