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A collection of essays which represent the different strands of work being undertaken in the field of translation studies. Provide us 5 minutes and we will certainly reveal you the best book to read today. She translates from several languages and lectures on aspects of. Susan bassnett is professor of comparative literature in the centre for translation and comparative cultural studies at the university of warwick, which she founded in the 1980s. Interest in the issues of translation continues to grow, and is reflected in this collection of essays by specialists in both literature and translation studies, all of whom have experience of translating literary texts themselves. This book locates translation firmly within current debates about the transcultural movements of texts and challenges the hegemony of english in world literature. A feminist perspective berg womens series translation studies new accents bernhardt, terry, duse. Susan bassnett is professor of comparative literature at the university of warwick and has just been appointed special adviser in translation studies for a 3 year period attached to the school of modern languages and cultures.
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Constructing cultures, written with andre lefevere 1996 and postcolonial translation coedited with harish trivedi 1999. She is a professor of comparative literature at the university of warwick, and also a. It offers a wonderfully thorough overview of modern translation practices and theories and, most importantly for me, spends quite some time on feminist and postcolonial translation. Translation 1st edition susan bassnett routledge book. First published in 1980, and reprinted six times since, this book set out to describe a new field, and has provided translation studies with much of its impetus and pedagogical direction over the last three decades. When susan bassnett s translation studies appeared in the new accents series, it quickly became the essential.
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This book considers the plays by shakespeare produced during the reign of elizabeth and discusses some of the key. She has published extensively on translation, and her best known books include reflections on translation 2011, constructing cultures written with andre lefevere 1996 and postcolonial translation coedited with harish trivedi 1999. According to bassnett, it is a relatively new field which has received very little formal recognition nor respect either until fairly recently. Translation studies 3rd edition by susan bassnett, 2002.
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