Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature

Name: Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Baer, Brian James, Baer, Brian James

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Brian James Baer explores the central role played by translation in the construction of modern Russian literature. Peter I's policy of forced Westernization resulted in translation becoming a widely discussed and highly visible practice in Russia, a multi-lingual empire with a polyglot elite. Yet Russia's accumulation of cultural capital through translation occurred at a time when the Romantic obsession with originality was marginalizing translation as mere imitation. The awareness on the part of Russian writers that their literature and, by extension, their cultural identity were "born in translation¿? produced a sustained and sophisticated critique of Romantic authorship and national identity that has long been obscured by the nationalist focus of traditional literary studies. By offering a re-reading of seminal works of the Russian literary canon that thematize translation, alongside studies of the circulation and reception of specific translated texts, Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature models the long overdue integration of translation into literary and cultural studies.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 224
Release Date:: 2015-11-19
Publication Date:: 2015-11-19
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1628927992
ISBN13:: 9781628927993
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 419 g
Height:: 14.5 cm
Width:: 22.2 cm
Thickness:: 1.6 cm

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