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A JOURNEY IN TRANSLATION: Anne Hébert's Poetry in English (Canadian Literature Collection)
Lee Skallerup Bessette
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Description for A JOURNEY IN TRANSLATION: Anne Hébert's Poetry in English (Canadian Literature Collection)
Paperback. This book explores the amazing journey of Anne Hebert's writing into English by people "in the middle" of the process of editing, publishing, distributing, and preservation. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 244 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
This book traces the remarkable journey of Hebert's shifting authorial identity as versions of her work traveled through complex and contested linguistic and national terrain from the late 1950s until today. At the center of this exploration of Hebert's work are the people who were inspired by her poetry to translate and more widely disseminate her poems to a wider audience. Exactly how did this one woman's work travel so much farther than the vast majority of Quebecois authors? Though the haunting quality of her art partly explains her wide appeal, her work would have never traveled so far ... Read more
This book traces the remarkable journey of Hebert's shifting authorial identity as versions of her work traveled through complex and contested linguistic and national terrain from the late 1950s until today. At the center of this exploration of Hebert's work are the people who were inspired by her poetry to translate and more widely disseminate her poems to a wider audience. Exactly how did this one woman's work travel so much farther than the vast majority of Quebecois authors? Though the haunting quality of her art partly explains her wide appeal, her work would have never traveled so far ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Canadian Literature Collection
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776623764
SKU
V9780776623764
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About Lee Skallerup Bessette
Lee Skallerup Bessette is an instructional technology specialist in the Division of Teaching and Learning Technology at the University of Mary Washington. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Alberta, with a particular interest in comparative Canadian and Caribbean literatures, translation, and canon formation.
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