The history of totalitarian states bears witness to the fact that literature and print media can be manipulated and made into vehicles of mass deception. Censor

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In the 1930s translation became a key issue in the cultural politics of the Fascist regime due to the fact that Italy was publishing more translations than any

The history of translation has focused on literary work but this book demonstrates the way in which political control can influence and be influenced by transla

"Who are the censors of foreign literature? What motives influence them as they patrol the boundaries between cultures? Can cuts and changes sometimes save a bo