The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literatures of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an overview of the history of translation into English. Part II, the bulk of the work, arranged by language of origin, offers critical discussions, with bibliographies, of the translation history of specific texts (e.g. the Koran, the Kalevala), authors (e.g. Lucretius, Dostoevsky), genres (e.g. Chinese poetry, twentieth-century Italian prose) and national literatures (e.g. Hungarian, Afrikaans).


Author: Peter France
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 11/01/2001
Pages: 680
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.26w x 1.42d
ISBN: 9780199247844

About the Author

Peter France is Professor Emeritus and Endowment Fellow of the University of Edinburgh.

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