16%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Un/Translatables
. Ed(S): Wiggin, Bethany; Macleod, Catriona
€ 51.99
€ 43.63
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Un/Translatables
Paperback. "The contributions here originated in a conference in the spring of 2011 hosted by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania"--Introduction. Editor(s): Wiggin, Bethany; MacLeod, Catriona. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
The term ""Untranslatables"" is rooted in two explorations of translation written originally in German: Walter Benjamin's now ubiquitous ""The Task of the Translator"" and Goethe's extensive notes to his ""tradaptation"" of mystical Persian poetry. The essays collected in Un/Translatables unite two inescapable interventions in contemporary translation discourses: the concept of ""Untranslatables"" as points of productive resistance, and the Germanic tradition as the primary dialogue partner for translation studies. The essays collected in the volume pursue the critical itineraries that would result if ""Untranslatables,"" as discussed in Barbara Cassin's Dictionary of Untranslatables, were returned, productively estranged, to their original German context. ... Read more
The term ""Untranslatables"" is rooted in two explorations of translation written originally in German: Walter Benjamin's now ubiquitous ""The Task of the Translator"" and Goethe's extensive notes to his ""tradaptation"" of mystical Persian poetry. The essays collected in Un/Translatables unite two inescapable interventions in contemporary translation discourses: the concept of ""Untranslatables"" as points of productive resistance, and the Germanic tradition as the primary dialogue partner for translation studies. The essays collected in the volume pursue the critical itineraries that would result if ""Untranslatables,"" as discussed in Barbara Cassin's Dictionary of Untranslatables, were returned, productively estranged, to their original German context. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810133433
SKU
V9780810133433
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-3
About . Ed(S): Wiggin, Bethany; Macleod, Catriona
Bethany Wiggin is an associate professor and graduate chair of German at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities. Catriona MacLeod is Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in German at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Reviews for Un/Translatables