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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465190203321

Titolo

Culture in translation [[electronic resource] ] : reception of Chinese literature in comparative perspective / / edited by Kwok-kan Tam, Kelly Kar-yue Chan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kowloon, Hong Kong, : Open University of Hong Kong Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4619-3041-3

962-7707-96-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChanKelly Kar-yue

TamKwok-kan <1952->

Disciplina

895.108

Soggetti

Chinese literature

Culture in literature

Language and culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The essays are revised papers selected from a conference "Culture in Translation: Reception of Chinese Literature in the World held at the Open University of Hong Kong in January 2011"--Preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Culture, Reception and Translation""; ""1. The Writer as Translator: On the Creative Aesthetics of Gao Xingjian""; ""2. Lady Precious Stream, Diaspora Literature, and Cultural Interpretation""; ""3. Traditions, Modernity, Parataxis and the Self: Chinese Poetry and the Anglophone Avant-Garde""; ""4. L. A. Cranmer-Byng and the Western Reception of Tang Poetry""; ""5. Translating Culture: (Re)constructing Regionalism in English Translations of Taiwan�s Regional Prose Literature""

""6. A Dilemma for the Translator: Bicultural Elements in Bilingual Texts""""7. The Role Translation Played in the Mei Lanfang US Tour in 1930""; ""8. Wild Orchid in a Secluded Valley: A Positive Image of Chinese Womanhood in Lin Yutang�s “A Nun of Taishan�""; ""9. Between Borrowing and Retention: The Translation of Zhu Shuzhen�s Poems""; ""10. From Gogol to Lu Xun and After: Politics, Culture and Reception""; ""11. Metamorphoses for Better Reception: The Chinese



Translation of The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings in Hong Kong""

""12. Love Novels in Translation: Joan Haste as an Example of Domestication""""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779317003321

Autore

Michelman Stephen <1962->

Titolo

The A to Z of existentialism [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Michelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, 2010

ISBN

1-4617-3179-8

1-299-13356-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

The A to Z guide series ; ; 162

Disciplina

142.7803

Soggetti

Existentialism

Philosophy, Modern

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 (p. 331-378).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The A to Z of Existentialism explains the central claims of existentialist philosophy and the contexts in which it developed into one of the most influential intellectual trends of the 20th century. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and more than 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries offering clear, accessible accounts of the life and thought of major existentialists like Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, Martin Buber, Karl Jaspers, Gabriel Marcel, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as well as thinkers influential to its dev