Invading the American Canon: Translators of Russian Literary Fiction, 1863-1984 - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Muireann Maguire, Brian James Baer (Editor), Michelle Woods (Editor)Series:Literatures, Cultures, TranslationPublish date:10/2/2025Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765121917UPC:9798765121917Book Category:Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Russian & Soviet, Modern, Translating & InterpretingBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SC73WFT5TK
Invading the American Canon: Translators of Russian Literary Fiction, 1863-1984
Through case studies of émigré literary translators and editors, this open access book traces how Russian literature kindled the American imagination in the 20th century.
In the 19th century, American literature was invaded by great Russian novels, including the works of Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gorky, and others, all mediated, translated, and sometimes even discovered by devoted freelance...Series: Literatures, Cultures, Translation
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765121917UPC:9798765121917Book Category:Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Russian & Soviet, Modern, Translating & InterpretingBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SC73WFT5TK
Muireann Maguire is Professor in Russian and Comparative Literature at the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of Stalin's Ghosts: Gothic Themes in Early Soviet Language (2021), and co-editor of Translating Russian Literature in the Global Context (forthcoming, 2024) and Reading Backwards: An Advance Retrospective on Russian Literature (2021). She is also an active freelance translator...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Muireann Maguire, Brian James Baer (Editor), Michelle Woods (Editor)
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