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Writing It Twice: Self-Translation and the Making of a World Literature in French
Sara Kippur
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Description for Writing It Twice: Self-Translation and the Making of a World Literature in French
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 images. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFP; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
Though the practice of self-translation long predates modernity, it has found new forms of expression in the global literary market of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The international renown of self-translating authors Samuel Beckett, Joseph Brodsky, and Vladimir Nabokov has offered motivation to a new generation of writers who actively translate themselves.
Intervening in recent debates in world literature and translation studies, Writing It Twice establishes the prominence and vitality of self-translation in contemporary French literature. Because of its intrinsic connection to multiple literary communities, self-translation prompts a reexamination of the aesthetics and politics of reading across ... Read more
Though the practice of self-translation long predates modernity, it has found new forms of expression in the global literary market of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The international renown of self-translating authors Samuel Beckett, Joseph Brodsky, and Vladimir Nabokov has offered motivation to a new generation of writers who actively translate themselves.
Intervening in recent debates in world literature and translation studies, Writing It Twice establishes the prominence and vitality of self-translation in contemporary French literature. Because of its intrinsic connection to multiple literary communities, self-translation prompts a reexamination of the aesthetics and politics of reading across ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810132047
SKU
V9780810132047
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About Sara Kippur
Sara Kippur is an assistant professor of language and culture studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
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