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Translation, the Canon and its Discontents : Version and Subversion.

This collection addresses the complex process by which translation and other forms of rewriting have contributed to canon formation, revision, destabilization, and dismantlement. Through the play between version and subversion, which is inherent to any form of rewriting, these essays - focusing on t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gomes, Miguel Ramalhete
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collection addresses the complex process by which translation and other forms of rewriting have contributed to canon formation, revision, destabilization, and dismantlement. Through the play between version and subversion, which is inherent to any form of rewriting, these essays - focusing on translations since the sixteenth century down to the present day - stress the role of translation and adaptation as potentially transformative mediations, capable of shaping and undermining identities. Such manipulation is deeply ambivalent, since it can be used as a means of disseminating the ideolo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:9781527502574
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