T.S. Eliot's the waste land as a place of intercultural exchanges : a translation perspective / by Roxana Stefania Birsanu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bîrsanu, Roxana Ştefania, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--20th century.

English poetry.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. Waste land.

Eliot, T. S.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The focal point of this study is one of the masterpieces of Anglo-American poetry, T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, tackled from the perspective of translation. In this particular case, translation is deemed to be not only an intra- and inter-linguistic transfer, but also a form of intercultural contact. The book centres on a comparative study of the poem with five of its Romanian translations within the framework of Romanian letters. Thus, it also presents a thorough analysis of the target literary and cultural context of the various moments of the translation production, with particular consider

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6195-2

OCLC:

881608034