The translator's visibility : scenes from contemporary Latin American fiction / Heather Cleary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleary, Heather, author.

Series:

Literatures, cultures, translation.

Literatures, cultures, translation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Latin American fiction.

Latin American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Translators in literature.

Translating and interpreting in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"At the juncture of translation theory and literary criticism, The Translator's Visibility reveals the radical notion of creativity behind the motif of translation in contemporary Latin American fiction, and explores the cultural and political implications of the unique relationship this gesture establishes between language and power"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Against propriety. A tradition of translation

The translator's visibility

Monsters and parricides : misadventures in textual reproduction. Tea for one

In the name of the father

Of bastards and clones

Foreign correspondence : the politics of untranslatability. A few notes on (un-)translation

Fragments of a vessel

The problem with false friends

The problem with true friends

Best enemies

Writing in the margins : the case of Mario Bellatin. On the (foot-)printed page

The hermeneutic (com-)motion

A re-writer on the edge

Playing along

Writing off the map. Quite a view you've got here

Into the woods

Coda: Reading for distance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501353710

1501353713

9781501353727

1501353721

9781501353703

1501353705

OCLC:

1233304554