Susan Bassnett

List of John Benjamins publications for which Susan Bassnett plays a role.

Book series

Bassnett, Susan 2018 Chapter 7.3. Research schools: The example of the UKA History of Modern Translation Knowledge: Sources, concepts, effects, D’hulst, Lieven and Yves Gambier (eds.), pp. 429–433 | Chapter
Bassnett, Susan 2017 Translators in search of originalsTextual and Contextual Voices of Translation, Alvstad, Cecilia, Annjo K. Greenall, Hanne Jansen and Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov (eds.), pp. 119–129 | Chapter
This chapter looks at the problems of translating ancient texts that have undergone centuries of textual intervention and manipulation by many different hands. Changing perceptions of the canonical status of ancient works, combined with the textual instability of such “originals,” means that… read more
Bassnett, Susan 2014 Translation studies at a cross-roadsThe Known Unknowns of Translation Studies, Brems, Elke, Reine Meylaerts and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 17–27 | Article
This article is an account of the personal journey of one writer, from her first encounters in the 1970s with fellow scholars sharing an interest in translation and a sense of frustration at the anti-translation prejudices of many colleagues working in literature or linguistics at that time. The… read more
Bassnett, Susan 2012 Translation studies at a cross-roadsThe Known Unknowns of Translation Studies, Brems, Elke, Reine Meylaerts and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 15–25 | Article
This article is an account of the personal journey of one writer, from her first encounters in the 1970s with fellow scholars sharing an interest in translation and a sense of frustration at the anti-translation prejudices of many colleagues working in literature or linguistics at that time. The… read more
Bassnett, Susan 1998 researching translation studies: the case for doctoral researchRimbaud's Rainbow: Literary translation in higher education, Bush, Peter and Kirsten Malmkjær (eds.), pp. 105–118 | Article
Bassnett, Susan 1997 Text types and power relationsText Typology and Translation, Trosborg, Anna (ed.), pp. 87–98 | Article
Bassnett, Susan 1985 Towards a Theory of Women's TheatreSemiotics of Drama and Theatre: New Perspectives in the Theory of Drama and Theatre, Schmid, Herta and Aloysius Van Kesteren (eds.), pp. 445–466 | Article