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

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 809
• Soggetto topico: Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Literature - History and criticism; Literature - Research; Literature - Translations - History and criticism; Translating and interpreting
• Altri autori: AlvstadCecilia HelgessonStefan WatsonDavid <1974->
• 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Literature, geography, translation
• ISBN: 1-283-24078-5; 1-4438-3134-4; 9786613240781
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788541903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II