Translating Literature : Practice and Theory in a Comparative Literature Context
Language: English
Published by Modern Language Association of America, 2, 1994
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Text in English. 165 pp. 2nd printing. Designed for the growing number of courses on literary translation, Translating Literahure discusses the process and the product of literary translation, incorporating practical advice for translators and theoretical discussion of the role translations play in the evolution and interpretations of literatures. Exercises and examples highlight problems in translation. Lefevere shows that translations, like history, criticism, and anthologization, are part of a tradition of "rewriting" and are instrumental in the development and the teaching of literatures. Translafing Literature concludes with an extensive bibliography of translation studies.
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- Title
- Translating Literature : Practice and Theory in a Comparative Literature Context
- Author
- André Lefevere
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America, 2
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0873523946
- ISBN 13
- 9780873523943
- Seller catalogs
- Language Arts & Disciplines
Designed for courses on literary translation, Translating Literature discusses the process and the product of literary translation, incorporating both practical advice for translators and theoretical discussion on the role translations play in the evolution and interpretation of literatures. Exercises and examples highlight problems in translation.
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André Lefevere was Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
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