Translating War

Literature and Memory in France and Britain from the 1940s to the 1960s

Autori

• Angela Kershaw

Parametri

• 308 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Dizionari Linguistici e Libri di Testo
• Libri di testo
• Narrativa
• Storia
• Storia del mondo

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Focusing on the international circulation of literature, this book explores how translated war writing shapes cultural memories of the Second World War and the Holocaust. It analyzes significant French war fiction and its English translations, highlighting wartime publishing structures that enabled literary exchanges. The author discusses translator strategies, the influence of national memories on translated texts, and the complexities of multilingualism in war narratives. This insightful study addresses the political and ethical implications of representing war trauma through fiction and translation, appealing to students and scholars in related fields.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2019

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