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A poetics of translation : between Chinese and English literature / David Jasper, Geng Youzhuang, Wang Hai, editors.

Van Pelt Library P306.8.C6 P64 2016
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Jasper, David, editor.
Geng, Youzhuang, editor.
Wang, Hai, 1977- editor.
Language:
Chinese
English
Subjects (All):
Translating and interpreting--Social aspects.
Translating and interpreting.
Chinese literature--History and criticism.
Chinese literature.
English literature--History and criticism.
English literature.
Chinese literature--Translations into English.
English literature--Translations into Chinese.
East and West.
Written communication in literature.
Physical Description:
vii, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2016]
Contents:
Part I Readings in the East and West
1 Poetic Desire and the Laws of Heaven: James Legge's Shi-jing and the Translation of Consciousness / David Lyle Jeffrey Jeffrey, David Lyle 11
2 The Tale within a Tale as Universal Theme A Comparative Reading of Hamlet, Don Quixote, and The Journey to the West (Xiyuoji) / Eric Ziolkowski Ziolkowski, Eric 37
3 Pilgrimage to Heaven: Timothy Richard's Christian Interpretation of The Journey to the West / John T. P. Lai Lai, John T. P. 59
Part II Studies in Translation: China and the Missionaries
4 Revisiting the Missionary Stance: Conversation and Conversion in James Legge's The Religions of China (1880) / Trevor Hart Hart, Trevor 75
5 A Study of the "Preface" and "Introduction" to James Legge's The Texts of Taoism / Zhao Jing Jing, Zhao 93
6 The Hermeneutics of Translating Christian Theology for the Evangelization of Chinese School Children in Late Imperial China / B. H. McLean McLean, B. H. 113
7 The "Ishmael" of Sinology: H. A. Giles' History of Chinese Literature (1901) and Late Victorian Perceptions of Chinese Literature and Culture / Elisabeth Jay Jay, Elisabeth 139
8 Two Nineteenth-Century English Translations of The Travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 AD) An Episode in the Translation of China in England / David Jasper Jasper, David 159
Part III Translation as Dislocation
9 Poetically Translating Chinese Texts into the West Ezra Pound's Translation of Chinese Poetry and Confucian Classics / Geng Youzhuang Youzhuang, Geng 177
10 The Power of Powerlessness Rediscovering the Radicality of Wu Wei in Daoism through Blanchot / Wang Hai Hai, Wang 195
11 What Is Lost in the Chinese Translations of The Merchant of Venice? A Comparative Reading of the Texts / Yang Huilin Huilin, Yang 205
12 Translation as Trans-Literal Radical Formations in Contemporary Chinese Art / Andrew W. Hass Hass, Andrew W. 215.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781481304184
1481304186
OCLC:
918590883

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