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Publication details [#961]
Bassnett, Susan and André Lefevere, eds. 1998. Constructing cultures: essays on literary translation (Topics in Translation 11). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. xxii + 143 pp.
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
Person as a subject
Title as subject
Main ISBN
1-85359-353-2
Edition info
Paperback ISBN: 1-85359-352-4
Abstract
This collection of essays specifically focuses on the cultural turn in Translation Studies. Among topics discussed are Chinese and Western theories of translation; the limits of translatability, when is a translation not a translation, why cultures develop certain genres at certain times, what is the relationship between Translation Studies and Cultural Studies. Some essays are genre specific, focusing on theatre translation or the translating of poetry, others are devoted to specific case studies, and consider the fortunes of such major writers as Virgil or Brecht in English.
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