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A memory of Two Mondays se estrenó en 1955.
A Memory of Two Mondays premiered in 1955.
Los actores vegetan en un sordido ambiente de rutina y pobreza y uno solo, un joven, logra evadirse y busca otros rumbos.
The actors vegetate in a sordid atmosphere of routine and poverty and only one, a youth, achieves in evading and seeking other courses [paths].
Arthur Miller fue esposo de la famosa actriz Marilyn Monroe.
Arthur Miller was the husband of the famous actress Marilyn Monroe.
Se supone que el tema de The Fall se inspire en el destino de su mujer.
It is supposed that the theme of The Fall was inspired by his [Miller’s] wife’s destiny.
Sus piezas han sido objeto de otros tantos filmes.
His [Miller’s theater] pieces have been the object of many films.
Escribió una novela, Focus, en 1945, que combate el antisemitismo.
He [Miller] wrote a novel, Focus, in 1945, which combated anti-Semitism.
En 1840, Edgar Allan Poe enriqueció la literatura con un género nuevo.
In 1840, Edgar Allan Poe enriched literature with a new genre.
Este género es, ante todo, ingenioso y artificial; los crímenes, por lo común, no se descubren mediante razonamientos abstractos sino por obra del azar, de informaciones o delaciones.
This genre is, above all, ingenious and artificial [artful]; the crimes, as a rule, are not discovered through abstract reasoning but through work of chance [guess work], of information or denunciation.
Poe inventa el primer detective de la literatura, el caballero Charles Auguste Dupin, de Parí.
Poe invented the first detective of literature, the gentleman Charles Auguste Dupin of Paris.
Inventa asimismo el artificio, clásico después, de que las hazañas del héroe sean referidas por un amigo, admirativo y mediocre.
He [Poe] also invented the device, later classical, of the deeds of the hero being related by a friend, admiring and mediocre.
Recordemos al ulterior Sherlock Holmes y a su biógrafo, el doctor Watson.
We will recall the later Sherlock Holmes and his biographer, Dr. Watson.
Poe ha dejado cinco cuentos de índole policial, insuperados, según Chesterton.
Poe has left five stories of detective nature, unsurpassed, according to Chesterton.
En el primero, The murders in the Rue Morgue, se investiga la muerte atroz de dos mujeres cometida en una bohardilla aparentemente cerrada; el culpable es un mono.
In the first, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” it investigates the awful death of two women committed in a nearby apartment attic; the guilty one is a monkey.
The Purloind Letter inaugura la idea de esconder un objeto precioso, exhibiéndolo a la vista de todos, para que nadie se fije en él.
“The Purloined Letter” inaugurated the idea of hiding a precious object, exhibiting it to the sight of all, so that nobody can fix themselves on [find] it.
The Mystery of Marie Roget se reduce a la discusión abstracta y a la solución probable de un crimen, sin aventura alguna.
“The Mystery of Marie Roget” reduces itself to the abstract discussion and the probable solution of a crime, without any adventure.
En Thou art the Man, el culpable, como en cierto relato de Israel Zangwhile, resulta ser el propio detective.
In “Thou Art the Man,” the guilty one, like in [a] certain story by Israel Zangwhile, turns out to be [his] own detective.
En The Gold Bug, el investigador descifra un texto criptográfico, que le revelará el preciso lugar de un tesoro escondido.
In “The Gold Bug,” the investigator decodes a cryptic text, which will reveal to him the precise place of a hidden treasure.
Poe ha tenido muchos continuadores; bástenos mencionar por ahora a su contemporáneo Dickens, a Stevenson y Chesterton.
Poe has had many continuers; it is enough for us to mention for now his contemporary Dickens, Stevenson, and Chesterton.
La tradición intelectual del género iniciado por Edgar Allan Poe ha encontrado continuadores más puros en Inglaterra que en su patria.
The intellectual tradition of the genre initiated by Edgar Allan Poe has found more pure continuers in England than in his homeland.
Recordaremos entre los norteamericanos algunos nombres.
We will record among the North Americans some names.
