The Translator in the Text

The Translator in the Text
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Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9780810111585
ISBN-13 : 0810111586
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Book Synopsis The Translator in the Text by : Rachel May

Download or read book The Translator in the Text written by Rachel May and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1994-11-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to read one nation's literature in another language? The considerable popularity of Russian literature in the English-speaking world rests almost entirely upon translations. In The Translator and the Text, Rachel May analyzes Russian literature in English translation, seeing it less as a substitute for the original works than as a subset of English literature, with its own cultural, stylistic, and narrative traditions.


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