Translating literature / edited by Susan Bassnett for the English Association.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

English Association.

Series:

Essays and studies (London, England : 1950) ; n.s., v. 50.

Essays and studies, 0071-1357 ; 1997, [n.s., v. 50]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Literature--Translations.

Literature.

Physical Description:

142 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Brewer, 1997.

Summary:

The problems of translating literature explored through both theoretical approaches and practical case studies.

This collection of essays reflects the ever-growing interest in issues of translation. The authors are specialists in both literature and translation studies, and all have experience of translating literary texts themselves. The aim of the collection is to bring together different kinds of work in the field, both theoretical approaches and practical case studies. A wide range of topics are covered, including the history of translation in Scotland, the problems of translating Chinese poetry into English, renaissance theories of translation, George Eliot's translations, and Eastern European perceptions of English Romantic literature.

Contents:

Introduction. Intricate pathways: observations on translation and literature / Susan Bassnett

The task of the translator in the European Renaissance: explorations in a discursive field / Theo Hermans

Heroic couplet translation : a unique solution? / Felicity Rosslyn

Translation and the creation of images, or "excuse me, is this the same poem?" / Andre Lefevere

Translation and national canons: Slav perceptions of English romanticism / Piotr Kuhiwczak

Writtin in the langage of Scottis natioun: literary translation into Scots / John Corbett

Marian Evans, the translator / Suzanne Stark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0859915220

OCLC:

37638363