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Publication details [#888]

Woodsworth, Judith. 2000. Watson Kirkconnell and the Undoing of Babel: A little-known case in Canadian translation history. Meta 45 (1) : 13–28.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
biography=autobiography | context=socio-political context | historical approach=historiography=history | literary approach=literary discourse=literature | literary translation | poetry=poem
Source language
EU languages
Person as a subject
Kirkconnell, Watson
Title as subject
Undoing of Babe

Abstract

Watson Kirkconnell (1895-1977) was a scholar, university administrator and prodigious translator of verse from dozens of languages. Yet, today, he is virtually unknown in the translation community in this country. This article examines the life, work and thought of Kirkconnell, and situates the neglect into which he has fallen in the context of the linguistic landscape of Canada.
Source : Abstract in journal