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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. In the most comprehensive and nuanced account of the subject currently available, Hayes examines the relationship of translation theory to its intellectual and social context and the role of translators in creating a new understanding of cultural otherness. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759441
ISBN
9780804759441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.04

Hardcover. Heekyoung Cho investigates the meanings and functions that translation generated for modern national literatures during their formative period and reconsiders literature as part of a dynamic translational process of negotiating foreign values. Cho's study focuses on literary and cultural relations among Russia, Japan, and colonial Korea. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660045
ISBN
9780674660045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415506731
ISBN
9780415506731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. Series: Translation Studies. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873386951
ISBN
9780873386951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226279916
ISBN
9780226279916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Hardback. This issue deals with translation and norms. Norms are models of correct or appropriate behaviour and of correct or appropriate behavioural products. Since translational behaviour is contextualised social behaviour, translational norms are understood as internalised behavioural constraints which embody the values shared by a community. Editor(s): Schaffner, Christina. Series: Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853594380
ISBN
9781853594380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.70

Paperback. Arising from a dissatisfaction with blandly general or abstrusely theoretical approaches to translation, this book sets out to show, through detailed and lively analysis, what it really means to translate literary style. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905763047
ISBN
9781905763047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49

Hardcover. Translating Rimbaud's Illuminations is a critique of the assumptions which currently underlie our thinking on literary translation. It offers an alternative vision; extending the parameters of literary translation by showing that such translation is itself a form of experimental creative writing. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFP; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897709
ISBN
9780859897709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.15

paperback. What goes into the translating of a poem? Taking as a text Pablo Neruda's prophetic sequence Alturas de Macchu Picchu (1945), the author re-creates the entire process of translation, from his first encounter with the poem to the last shaping of a phrase that may never come right in English. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804713276
ISBN
9780804713276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.15

Hardback. Traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of the authors Ueda Akinari, Natsume S'seki, Mori 'gai, Yokomitsu Riichi, 'oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. Focusing on interconnected themes, this book illuminates the contradictory desires of a nation trapped between emulating the West and preserving the traditions of Asia. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138925
ISBN
9780231138925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.87

Paperback. An examination of English verse translations of Beowulf, including Seamus Heaney's version alongside other influential renditions. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843948
ISBN
9781843843948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842613
ISBN
9781843842613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.94

Paperback. Besides providing a new appraisal of Guillaume Apollinaire, the foremost French poet of early Modernism and WWI, Translating Apollinaire aims to put the ordinary reader at the centre of the translational project. Num Pages: 304 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898959
ISBN
9780859898959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.09

Hardcover. Besides providing a new appraisal of Guillaume Apollinaire, the foremost French poet of early Modernism and WWI, Translating Apollinaire aims to put the ordinary reader at the centre of the translational project. Num Pages: 304 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898942
ISBN
9780859898942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.22

Paperback. This book focuses upon the breaking of rules and taboos involved in 'doing crime', including violent crime as represented in fictive texts and ethnographic research. It includes chapters on topics of urgent contemporary interest such as asylum seekers, sex work, serial killers, school shooters, crimes of poverty and understandings of 'madness'. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DS; JFC; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349367498
ISBN
9781349367498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.78

Paperback. Series: Modern Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140. .
Publisher
MPT Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954536756
ISBN
9780954536756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137491
ISBN
9780874137491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.95

Paperback. Develop students' ability to rewrite texts for new contexts, based around the skills specified in assessment objectives for AS and A2 Level English. Series: Routledge A Level English Guides. Num Pages: 112 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; CBW; CF; DSB. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415286312
ISBN
9780415286312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Paperback. Editor(s): McDonald, Christie V.; Wihl, Gary. Series: Literature & Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513. Fine copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press Pennsylvania
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KNH0011474
ISBN
9780271010113
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Presents the history of the science fiction magazines from the earliest days onwards. This title reveals the turbulent period that witnessed the extraordinary rise and fall and rise again of science. It discusses the emergence of magazines such as "Galaxy", "Startling Stories" and "Fantastic". Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853237792
ISBN
9780853237792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939657629
ISBN
9780939657629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814742358
ISBN
9780814742358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

Hardback. Series: Research in Contemporary Religion. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525604472
ISBN
9783525604472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.75
€ 118.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816620555
ISBN
9780816620555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.32

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