In 1953, Julio Cortázar translated most of Edgar Allan Poe's works from English to Spanish, a two-year project that was published in two volumes in 1956. Poe certainly left an indelible mark on the works of Cortázar, which the Argentine recognized throughout his literary career. This thesis examines Poe's influence on Cortázar's works, specifically his short stories and his views on translation. In the first chapter, I compare Cortázar's \"Axolotl\" with Poe's \"The Premature Burial.\" I argue that Cortázar adopts various themes from Poe's story, mainly that of confinement and entrapment. In doing so, Cortázar adapts these themes from a Gothic literary tradition and applies them to the genre of fantastic literature, for which I purposefully employ the Spanish terms lo fantástico (the fantastic) and el relato fantástico (the fantastic short story). My second chapter builds on previous scholarship that has compared Cortázar's \"Casa tomada\" with Poe's \"The Fall of the House of Usher.\" I posit that the Gothic stage set of the mansion serves as a link between Gothic and fantastic literatures. Furthermore, I explore the ways in which Cortázar makes lo gótico (the Gothic) his own, which ultimately manifests in the form of lo fantástico. Finally, in the third chapter, I trace a trajectory of Cortázar's relationship to translation throughout his literary career. With this relationship, I rework a conception of influence, whereby influence need not be understood chronologically. Additionally, I offer an English translation of Cortázar's essay \"Notas sobre lo gótico en Río de la Plata,\" so as to illuminate the presence of lo gótico in Río de la Plata and the ways in which this genre influenced authors of el relato fantástico. Ultimately, I present a reexamination of this complex literary relationship with a focus on the implications of translation and literary influence.
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