Translation, History, & Culture by Susan Bassnett

Translation, History, & Culture by Susan Bassnett

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A collection of essays which represent the different strands of work being undertaken in the field of translation studies. The book reflects the shift in emphasis away from a more descriptive form of translation to the view that translation occupies a central position in the development of culture.

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Translation, History, & Culture by Susan Bassnett

This varied collection of essays represents the differing strands of work currently being undertaken in the exciting new field of Translation Studies and reflects a shift of emphasis away from a more descriptive form of translation towards the idea that translation occupies a seminal position in the devlopment of culture. Susan Bassnett is Director of the Centre for British Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Warwick. Andre Lefevere is Professor of Germanic Philology at the University of Texas at Austin.
Susan Bassnett is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick. She has published extensively on translation, and her best known books include Reflections on Translation (2011), Constructing Cultures written with Andre Lefevere (1996) and Post-Colonial Translation co-edited with Harish Trivedi (1999). She translates from several languages and lectures on aspects of translation all over the world.
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ISBN 13 9780304336227
ISBN 10 030433622X
Title Translation, History, & Culture
Author Susan Bassnett
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1996-02-01
Number of pages 148
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