The portable Bunyan : a transnational history of The pilgrim's progress / Isabel Hofmeyr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hofmeyr, Isabel.

Series:

Translation/transnation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. Pilgrim's progress.

Bunyan, John.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688--Translations into African languages--History and criticism.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688--Appreciation--Africa.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688--Influence.

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.

English language--Translating into African languages.

English language.

Christian fiction, English--History and criticism.

Christian fiction, English.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.

African literature--English influences.

African literature.

Translating and interpreting--Africa.

Translating and interpreting.

Christianity and literature--Africa.

Christianity and literature.

Books and reading--Africa.

Books and reading.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004]

Summary:

"This book forces us to rethink the nature and practice of translation, clearly one of the most important subjects in literary, cultural, and social history today. The scholarship is outstanding; the style, engaging."--Simon Gikandi, University of Michigan

"Hofmeyr develops for the first time a full and coherent study of Bunyan's book in the postcolonial world, giving a comprehensive account of its play in African cultures. "The Portable Bunyan" opens and offers a much-needed frame for the debate about the text itself and the wider implications of how such 'imported' texts are appropriated and 'indigenized.'"--Gareth Griffiths, University at Albany

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-306) and index.

ISBN:

0691116555

0691116563

OCLC:

51755825