Censorship, translation and English language fiction in people's Poland / Robert Looby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Looby, Robert, author.

Series:

Approaches to translation studies ; Volume 41.

Approaches to Translation Studies, 0169-0523 ; Volume 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Censorship--Poland.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2015.

Summary:

This book studies the influence of censorship on the selection and translation of English language fiction in the People’s Republic of Poland, 1944-1989. It analyses the differences between originals and their translations, taking into account the available archival evidence from the files of Poland’s Censorship Office, as well as the wider social and historical context. The book examines institutional censorship, self-censorship and such issues as national quotas of foreign literature, the varying severity of the regime, and criticism as a means to control literature. However, the emphasis remains firmly on how censorship affected the practice of translation. Translators shaped Polish perceptions of foreign literature from Charlie Chan books to Ulysses and from The Wizard of Oz to Moby-Dick. But whether translators conformed or rebelled, they were joined in this enterprise by censors and pulled into post-war Poland’s cultural power structures.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Censors

Progressives

Others

Morals

Racists

Children

Translators

Bibliography

Index

Earlier volumes in the APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION STUDIES series.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 13, 2015).

ISBN:

90-04-29306-X

OCLC:

908063998

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004293069 DOI