Eileen Chang: The Performativity of Self-Translation - Hardcover

Eileen Chang: The Performativity of Self-Translation by Jessica Tsui-yan Li focuses on the self-translation of Zhang Ailing 張愛玲 (Eileen Chang, 1920-1995), one of the most important Chinese writers of the twentieth century. Although self-translation is overlooked in most studies of her work, Chang's literary achievements are attributed in part to her lifelong self-translation of her lived...