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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463300303321

Titolo

Literature, geography, translation [[electronic resource] ] : studies in world writing / / edited by Cecilia Alvstad, Stefan Helgesson and David Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-24078-5

1-4438-3134-4

9786613240781

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlvstadCecilia

HelgessonStefan

WatsonDavid <1974->

Disciplina

809

Soggetti

Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Literature - History and criticism

Literature - Research

Literature - Translations - History and criticism

Translating and interpreting

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The present volume connects three academic fields that share central concerns but remain surprisingly isolated from each other: world literature studies, postcolonial studies, and translation studies. It approaches translation not as a vague metaphor but as a distinct and socially embedded practice that connects literatures. In similar vein, it interrogates the smoothness of many versions of "global" theory by



insisting on the specificity of place and the resistance to translatibility among l...