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Les belles etrangeres : Canadians in Paris / Jane Koustas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koustas, Jane, 1954-
- Series:
- Perspectives on translation.
- Perspectives on translation, 1487-6396
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canadian fiction--Translations into French--History and criticism.
- Canadian fiction.
- Translating and interpreting--France--History--20th century.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Canadian fiction--Publishing--France--History--20th century.
- Canadian literature--Translations into French--History and criticism.
- Canadian literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While translation history in Canada is well documented, the history of the translation of Canadian fiction outside the nation remains obscure. Les Belles Étrangères examines the translation of Canadian English-language fiction in France. This book considers the history of this practice, the reasons for the move away from Quebec translators as well as the process and perils involved in this detour. Within a theoretical framework and drawing on primary sources, this study considers the historical, theoretical, and concrete aspects of this practice through the study of the tr
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Introduction: The Canadians in Paris; Chapter One: Translating the (Canadian) Other; Chapter Two: From Canada with Lit.: Eight Postcards Mavis Gallant, Nancy Huston, Robertson Davies, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alistair MacLeod; Chapter Three: From ""Quelqites arpents de neige"" to Two Hundred Years of Solicitude: A Bibliography of English-Canadian Literature Translated and Published in France; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-69087-9
- 9786613667816
- 0-7766-1747-8
- OCLC:
- 608328646
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