The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 1 November 2001
- ISBN 9780199247844
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages680 pages
- Size 235x157x36 mm
- Weight 1036 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
For all readers of literature, a fascinating reference book on how writing from all over the world, and from the earliest times to the present, has crossed into the English language, to enrich and influence English-speaking cultures. The opening section gives an overview of the history of translation into English and looks at theoretical issues, followed by a language-by-language history, including critical discussion and bibliographies, of what authors and literary works were translated when, by whom, and with what success.
MoreLong description:
Translation has been a crucial process in world culture over the past two millennia and more. In the English-speaking cultures many of the most important texts are translations, from Homer to Beckett, the Bible to Freud. Although recent years have seen a boom in translation studies, there has been no comprehensive yet convenient guide to this essential element of literature in English.
Written by eminent scholars from many countries, the Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation meets this need and will be essential reading for all students of English and comparative literature. It highlights the place of translation in our culture, encouraging awareness of the issues raised, making the translator more 'visible'. Concentrating on major writers and works, it covers translations out of many languages, from Greek to Korean, from Swahili to Russian. For some works (e.g. Virgil's Aeneid) which have been much translated, the discussion is historical and critical, showing how translation has evolved over the centuries and bringing out the differences between versions. Elsewhere, with less familiar literatures, the Guide examines the extent to which translation has done justice to the range of work available.
The Guide is divided into two parts. Part I contains substantial essays on theoretical questions, a pioneering outline of the history of translation into English, and discussions of the problems raised by specific types of text (e.g. poetry, oral literature). The second, much longer, part consists of entries grouped by language of origin; some are devoted to individual texts (e.g. the Thousand and One Nights) or writers (e.g. Ibsen, Proust), but the majority offer a critical overview of a genre (e.g. Chinese poetry, Spanish Golden Age drama) or of a national literature (e.g. Hungarian, Scottish Gaelic). There is a selective bibliography for each entry and an index of authors and translators.
This book is a must for people interested in the internationalisation of literature and religious texts, in Translation Studies, as well as for translators with an interest in their field and literary critics concerned with comparative literature. It will bring something new to them all.
Table of Contents:
Advice to Readers
Further Reading
Contributors
Introduction
I: THEORY AND HISTORY [each section contains multiple subsections]
Theoretical Issues
Historical Development
Text Types
References for Part I
II. TRANSLATED LITERATURE [each section contains multiple subsections]
African Languages
Arabic
The Bible
Celtic Languages
Central and East European Languages
East Asian Languages
French
German
Greek
Hebrew and Yiddish
Hispanic Languages
Indian Languages
Italian
Latin
Northern European Languages
Russian
West Asian Languages
Index
