Dreaming across languages and cultures : a study ofthe literary translations of the Hong lou meng / / by Laurence K. P. Wong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787159503321
• Autore: Wong Laurence K. P.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4438-6828-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (541 p.)
• Disciplina: 448.0221
• Soggetti: English language - Translating into French; French language - Translating into English
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON ROMANIZATION; NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON GLOSSING; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT
• Sommario/riassunto: Dreaming across Languages and Cultures: A Study of the Literary Translations of the Hong lou meng (also called The Dream of the Red Chamber, Red Chamber Dream, or The Story of the Stone) is a groundbreaking monograph in translation studies. Integrating theory with practice, it examines, analyses, compares, and evaluates 14 versions of the greatest Chinese novel in five major European languages, namely, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. In this study, translation, linguistic, lite...