Constructing Cultures

Constructing Cultures Essays on Literary Translation - Topics in Translation

Paperback (01 Apr 1998)

Save $3.09

  • RRP $32.04
  • $28.95
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7 days

Publisher's Synopsis

Translation Studies is currently one of the fastest growing interdisciplinary subjects in the world. Constructing Cultures brings together for the first time the work of the two translator/scholars who are regarded as founders of this major field of study. This collection of essays continues to develop some of the principal research lines that both have been pursuing in recent years, most specifically the cultural turn in Translation Studies. Among topics discussed are Chinese and Western theories of translation, the limits of translatability, when is a translation not a translation, why cultures develop certain genres at certain times, what is the relationship between Translation Studies and Cultural Studies. Some essays are genre specific, focusing on theatre translation or the translating of poetry, others are devoted to specific case studies, and consider the fortunes of such major writers as Virgil or Brecht in English. Written in the accessible, jargon-free style that characterises the work of Bassnett and Lefevere, this collection of essays will be invaluable to anyone interested in translation and comparative cultural studies.

Book information

ISBN: 9781853593529
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Imprint: Multilingual Matters
Pub date:
DEWEY: 418.02071
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 168
Weight: 229g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 10mm